Linux and UNIX stuff - a place to discuss alternative OSs.

[novaphile]

After Linus posting that AI is welcome etc I'm seriously considering converting my Linux laptop to OpenBSD. I haven't touched BSD Unix since 1984.

ETA: it's been bubbling under for a while. The latest issues with systemctl, snap installs, and so on

ETA 2.0. Anyone have experience of OpenBSD vs FreeBSD etc? Old HP laptop, looks like I can install my very old Intellij, zdoom, Libre Office etc which cover 98% of my laptop use.

I ran an instance of FreeBSD for a while, I was experimenting with making my own router style appliance...

All I can remember now, is that it was different enough, that I bought a book so that I had a ready reference on hand.

Just checked the book, it is the fourth edition, dated 2003, no wonder I can't remember any details.

 

[Wudang]

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[commandlinegamer]

After Linus posting that AI is welcome etc I'm seriously considering converting my Linux laptop to OpenBSD. I haven't touched BSD Unix since 1984.

ETA: it's been bubbling under for a while. The latest issues with systemctl, snap installs, and so on

ETA 2.0. Anyone have experience of OpenBSD vs FreeBSD etc? Old HP laptop, looks like I can install my very old Intellij, zdoom, Libre Office etc which cover 98% of my laptop use.

I tried it about 20 years (I think) ago. Was okay.

I've tried other distros also, but pretty much stuck with Slackware as it's small-c conservative, stable, and so far, has avoided much of the more controversial stuff such as systemd, in cases using forked/patched versions of some tools so it's not required.

 

[Wudang]

Slackware. Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time... A long time. I believe I installed it from a stack of 3.5" floppies.

 

[commandlinegamer]

I should also add, though I don't recall the source, that it was claimed to be the most BSD-like of distros.

 

[catsmate]

Are niche and hobbyist operating systems on topic here?

HamsterOS (Work in progress)

GentleOS32 [GitHub]

QNX came on a bootable diskette with GUI, web browser and server and a word processor.