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Post #4217475

2026-07-29 23:11 UTC

I'm going to regret this, but if I were contemplating putting Linux Mint on my main computer, why would I want to decide on a BSD instead? #Linux #BSD

Replies (4)

  • @intransitivelie@beige.party It sounds like you just want to BSD and want justification for it. As long as it fits your needs- go for it.

    Open ##4217474

  • @intransitivelie@beige.party less AI slop, more stability, running an OS that commits to being an *object* rather than a poorly held-together pile of components. also, non-fucked zfs

    Open ##4243736

  • @mossyfoot@pdx.social 2026-07-29 23:18

    @intransitivelie@beige.party while I love OpenBSD I don't think I'd run it on my desktop. I suspect you'll have better luck with Mint, honestly.

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  • @dashlion@mastodon.au 2026-07-29 23:21

    @intransitivelie@beige.party I hope it doesn't turn out that way but really the question is what are you wanting to do here? I have Mint on a box in my house that acts as the family media centre as well as on my youngest's laptop. I have FreeBSD on my home 'server' which runs a few services. Given my use cases I could have mostly used them interchangeably without noticing a difference. The only thing that I might run into problems with is that I have a ZFS NAS so that can run into compatibility issues. IMO both are fine. I had more learning to do with BSD because I'd come from Linux but it wasn't crazy

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