2 Jun
2013
2 Jun
'13
4:20 a.m.
On 2 June 2013 08:59, Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org> wrote:
I'd say it _once was_ the reference etc. It's
been headed downhill for
a long time, though; I now see it as trying to take on Linux at its own
game (desktop market share), and, of course, losing - and, in the
process, alienating the user base its former strengths attracted.
That's not NetBSD. If anything - and I think it's still a very unfair
description - then what you are describing is the significantly
different FreeBSD. Especially PC-BSD or GhostBSD.
But "bare" FreeBSD, without X, is still pretty lean & minimal - enough
so that I've never managed to bootstrap from a core install to a
working, Internet-connected GUI on my oldest working Thinkpad, which
runs BSD better than it does Linux. I don't have the Unix skills.
I think it's much closer to what "Tothwolf" wants, rather than Linux,
which is evolving in the direction of a full-function OS for modern
hardware, with all that that implies.
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