Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)
by nix23 on Sunday August 07, 2022 @04:13AM
(#32374809)
>OpenBSD still doesn't support Bluetooth
OpenBSD supported Bluetooth but they threw out the whole stack because of security concerns. I think it's the right decision for OpenBSD.
Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)
by toyg on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:08AM
(#32383050)
Exactly, "commercial" choice. Any OS that wants to support consumer-grade hardware, in 2022, must provide Bluetooth; OpenBSD just doesn't care enough about the consumer market to do that.
Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)
by nix23 on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:32AM
(#32383143)
True they don't care about you, it's like you don't count...who could imagine that!!!
Quel sacrilege!!
Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)
by toyg on Monday August 08, 2022 @04:22AM
(#32383397)
Lol, I think this comment illustrates why BSDs will forever lag, better than any technical explanation... and I say that as an OpenBSD user.
Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)
by nix23 on Monday August 08, 2022 @04:52AM
(#32383517)
>BSDs will forever lag,
Terrible to hear that!
>and I say that as an OpenBSD user.
My condolence that you have to use that terrible anti-consumer system.
Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)
by toyg on Monday August 08, 2022 @06:30AM
(#32383989)
I have to get an outlet for my masochism tendencies somehow, at least this doesn't leave scars - physical ones, that is.
I have to say though, my insistent trolling of the project on forums like these occasionally contributes to the push to progress - like the long-requested syspatch. I'm not sure what yours achieves.
Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)
by nix23 on Monday August 08, 2022 @06:51AM
(#32384087)
>my insistent trolling of the project on forums like these occasionally contributes to the push to progress
You really believe that right?
Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)
by toyg on Monday August 08, 2022 @07:02AM
(#32384150)
Almost as much as you believe this is a useful way to employ your time on the planet.
Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)
by nix23 on Monday August 08, 2022 @07:28AM
(#32384292)
So you need Bluetooth and installed the only BSD who has no bt....sounds like a excellent use of time on this planet ;)
On the other side, the Linux community fought hard to get everything to work, creating positive loops: the more hardware it supported, the more people could get it to work on their hobby hardware, the more they'd become familiar with it and push for adoption at work.