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Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by radikalerludwig on Friday February 18, 2022 @07:56AM (#30385134)
> * Gaming is not really a thing on BSD

Sony has a different story to tell

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Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by gilrain on Friday February 18, 2022 @08:19AM (#30385330)
This post is opaquely referring to the fact that the Playstation 4 os is based on FreeBSD. Obviously, this is interesting but irrelevant.
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Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by sgjohnson on Friday February 18, 2022 @09:14AM (#30385874)
Related (and a fun watch!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMiubC6LdTA
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Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by gh02t on Friday February 18, 2022 @08:45AM (#30385574)
Sony also doesn't contribute much of that code back to FreeBSD.
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Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by sitzkrieg on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:55PM (#30388884)
did they contribute anything back?
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Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by gh02t on Monday February 21, 2022 @05:50PM (#30421767)
I vaguely remember seeing something about them contributing some minor security patches or something token. The BSD license doesn't require them to of course, which was probably the whole reason Sony chose it.
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Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by radikalerludwig on Friday February 18, 2022 @08:53AM (#30385643)
just as the os under the ps3 and ps5
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Re:From macOS to FreeBSD by steerablesafe on Friday February 18, 2022 @07:59AM (#30385171)
It doesn't help you when you want to run BSD on your laptop or desktop.
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