2026-10-24 21:49 UTC
I tried installing NetBSD yesterday and it defeated me. Wifi seems to have been the issue. Installing BSD is what Windows people think installing Linux is like.
Please do not construe this post as impugning on the skill or morality of BSD developers. BSD gets way less funding and resources than Linux so their devs can't cover everything. I'd like to try again some time, but maybe try practicing with a virtual machine before I do it for real.
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@saltesc@lemmy.world 2026-10-25 03:48
Installing BSD is what Windows people think installing Linux is like. Ah, so to a Linux person it’s like installing Windows. If it goes through fine, there’s still an additional two hours of setting shit up before giving up.
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@grue@lemmy.world 2026-10-25 02:46
Please do not construe this post as impugning on the skill or morality of BSD developers. BSD gets way less funding and resources than Linux so their devs can’t cover everything. I’ll impugn their morality: their lack of funding is a direct result of them insisting on getting cucked with permissive licensing instead of copyleft. They explicitly condone abuse, so of fucking course abusers take advantage without giving back! If you want respect, protect the users.