Re:Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)
by ooneeks on Sunday August 07, 2022 @06:35PM
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Interesting. I suppose I also just use very mainstream software as well. I find that basically everything I need is either made for dpkg or exists within Ubuntu repositories (they've got literally everything there, haven't they!).
I agree in your overall assessment though, I can concede to the fact that I might be underselling the value of Arch within the broader Linux community. I've often seen Arch as the detrimental opposite however, which is quite ironic. Personally I just find Debian distros superior to most others (except Linux Mint.I hate Mint, more than anything). I do quite fancy Ubuntu as dekstop, but you truly are right that it is at the very least, not a very good server distro. It might be the worst, imo, Debian server distro.
My go-to choice for a Debian alternative is Fedora, however, so our different experiences might also be a testament to a fundamentally different view on Linux and how you do your computing.
AUR may not be perfect but there is very little software out there that someone hasn’t already packaged in it and it’s a great deal more convenient to use than faffing with custom repos.
The Arch Wiki is second to none too. I’ve even occasionally found myself using it when debugging other Linuxes.
I definitely wouldn’t use Arch on a server though. I mean, I have done, multiple times in fact, but they’ve always been personal systems. I much prefer FreeBSD for servers. Professionally it has usually been Debian, CentOS, or, much more recently, Ubuntu Server (but I really don’t like Ubuntu Server. Or Desktop for that matter).
Disclaimer: this is all my own opinion and I’m not trying to pass any of it off as fact.