NetBSD 9.0 - Hackdot

Re:NetBSD 9.0 by bch on Saturday February 15, 2020 @01:41PM (#22337018)

I’d say BSD (esp Net and Open, as mentioned above), just don’t run as many processes, by design. BSDs are *nix, like Linux, but with their own traditions. If you, familiar with Linux, sat down at a NetBSD box, you’d be able to easily get around like a little girl[0]. You wouldn’t find systemd, though, you’d see a “wheel” group, your login shell might not be bash. The BSDs just decorate their houses differently than Linux[1].

[0] https://youtu.be/URVS4H7vrdU

[1] https://youtu.be/B19a2i3HnJM

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Re:NetBSD 9.0 by labawi on Saturday February 15, 2020 @01:58PM (#22337144)

I'd say it depends on the Linux distribution. Things like Ubuntu would be much like mentioned [1], packing just about everything¹, while on something like openwrt you would probably recognize or easily find out the function of all userspace processes - I counted 13 on my router.

It doesn't help that linux (kernel and userspaces) tends to resemble chaotic patchwork more¹ than a reasonably designed system.

¹ exaggeration

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Re:NetBSD 9.0 by bch on Saturday February 15, 2020 @02:43PM (#22337463)

Of course you are correct; “Linux” is a big landscape, and descriptions of instances run the gamut (eg: OpenWRT vs Ubuntu). When I was writing above I had (eg) Red Hat or Ubuntu in mind.

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Re:NetBSD 9.0 by agumonkey on Saturday February 15, 2020 @04:55PM (#22338269)

yeah, distros like archlinux have pretty thin base install and I always rejoy watching htop process list fit onto a third of the screen

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