ploum

Linux is an operating system on which you need to type cryptic commands to make it do what you want.

Windows is an operating system on which you need to type cryptic commands to make it not do what you don’t want.

MacOS is an operating system that makes what Apple want, no matter what cryptic commands you type.

Nov 23 at 11:38pmWeb
Show threadploumNov 23

FreeBSD is an operating system that makes what you want. But you didn’t know you wanted it.

OpenBSD is an operating system that makes what you want. And you want nothing.

Show threadcathosNov 23
@ploum So, should I try OpenBSD or not...
Show threadMatěj Cepl 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇺🇦Nov 24

@ploum

OpenBSD is an operating system that makes what it wants. They know better than you.

Show threadThomas DeniauNov 24
@ploum NetBSD is an operating system that doesn’t do what you want, but doesn’t do what others want either
Show threadBob ThomsonNov 25
@ploum Tandem NonStop is an operating system that does what you tell it, 24/7, forever.
Show threadDraken BlackKnightNov 24
@ploum
At least I can modify anything I need to modify in either the Terminal or the GUI. In Windon't you need to enter a few commands in the Command Line, download this sus .exe file, then add a few lines from the Necronomicon into the Registry.
Show threadNorman WilsonNov 24
@ploum Unix was an operating system that did very little so you could do exactly what you want. Most people couldn't handle the responsibility.
Show threadTuukka RDec 5

@ploum

MacOS has much better tools for stopping it from doing crap than Windows does, actually, because it has the same powerful command line that Linux does. But, there is far less information available on what kind of crap the OS does and how to stop it from doing that crap.