<![CDATA[For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me.]]>For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me.

You are a fan of one or more BSD os. Is that BSD (doesn't matter which one) your daily driver, your primary OS on your main computer?

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@darth@silversword.online]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neondystopia.world/notes/al454gn5hzi30atuhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neondystopia.world/notes/al454gn5hzi30atuWed, 15 Apr 2026 21:42:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:04:19 GMT]]>@RussSharek @darth obsd 'twas my daily driver from '99 until Mac OS X was released (and even then I still run it on my appliances and servers and non-Apple hardware, 25+ years now). Best OS on the planet.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/darkuncle/statuses/116405794217121861https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/darkuncle/statuses/116405794217121861Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:04:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:06 GMT]]>@darth

l have used as my os on desktop and server since the 6.8 release.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/RussSharek/statuses/116405777618960765https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/RussSharek/statuses/116405777618960765Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:11:59 GMT]]>OpenBSD on my daily driver laptop, but my main desktop machine runs Linux.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/236https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/236Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:11:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:04:44 GMT]]>@justine holy cow the amount of replies I got 🫣

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://silversword.online/users/darth/statuses/116405559899114700https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://silversword.online/users/darth/statuses/116405559899114700Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:04:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:03:20 GMT]]>@Larvitz I read your blog the other day 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://silversword.online/users/darth/statuses/116405554412377184https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://silversword.online/users/darth/statuses/116405554412377184Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:03:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:54:03 GMT]]>@darth but my secondary server is powered by #freebsd 👍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://navi.lain.day/users/radhitya/statuses/01KP737ACD983XEFH0JMW1H8KGhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://navi.lain.day/users/radhitya/statuses/01KP737ACD983XEFH0JMW1H8KGTue, 14 Apr 2026 22:54:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:41:15 GMT]]>@darth Just switched from Void Linux back to FreeBSD on my daily driver.

Before that, I ran OpenBSD on my laptop for like 10 years plus.

Just not happy that dxvk in wine doesn't support my onboard intel graphics on FreeBSD 15.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/pertho/statuses/116405467573814549https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/pertho/statuses/116405467573814549Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:41:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:38:51 GMT]]>@darth Fellow BSD enthusiast here. I've been running BSD on all my systems for over two decades now. My favorite BSD is but I'm quite naturally biased. 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/lattera/statuses/116405458143818971https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/lattera/statuses/116405458143818971Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:38:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:34:42 GMT]]>@darth Where do I write in ? 😀

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bonn.social/users/vab/statuses/116405441794564979https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bonn.social/users/vab/statuses/116405441794564979Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:34:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:31:38 GMT]]>@darth solid, reliable, easy to use, runs everything I need including YouTube. As DBMail maintainer I also run Ubuntu and Docker for various Linux distros though still prefer FreeBSD.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/AlanHicksLondon/statuses/116405429771216259https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/AlanHicksLondon/statuses/116405429771216259Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:31:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:31:14 GMT]]>@spoon @darth @mwl
Thanks, kind stranger!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/doboprobodyne/statuses/116405428223773829https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/doboprobodyne/statuses/116405428223773829Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:31:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:15:30 GMT]]>@darth@silversword.online Since GPUs have shitty open source support, my main machine in front of my physical self is a MacBook. GPU support is the only reason that's the case.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zia.io/objects/622d3d31-252f-4928-b63b-a0a1e9fcc8cfhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zia.io/objects/622d3d31-252f-4928-b63b-a0a1e9fcc8cfTue, 14 Apr 2026 22:15:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:12:01 GMT]]>@doboprobodyne @darth Excellent book on filesystems in OpenBSD is by the venerable @mwl

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OpenBSD Mastery by Michael W. Lucas | Open Library

OpenBSD Mastery by Michael W. Lucas, unknown edition,

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Open Library (openlibrary.org)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/spoon/statuses/116405352652283262https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/spoon/statuses/116405352652283262Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:12:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:06:45 GMT]]>@darth
Mine is tracking stable/15, amd64. The computer has main, amd64, too, on another SSD for testing (less frequently updated).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/TomAoki/statuses/116405331939069574https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/TomAoki/statuses/116405331939069574Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:06:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:50:18 GMT]]>@darth my daily driver is Debian GNU/Linux Stable (desktop and laptop), my home router runs OpenBSD and my NAS runs FreeBSD. My work environment is mostly based on Fedora and Rocky Linux (small HPC cluster) with a pair of pfsense boxes as redundant routers (CARP + pfsync).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hostux.social/users/skyglobe/statuses/116405267208491680https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hostux.social/users/skyglobe/statuses/116405267208491680Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:50:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:49:33 GMT]]>@darth

My main OS is Linux right now, since the computer I have is not supported very well by the BSDs But I used as my main OS for a while and I love it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/ParadeGrotesque/statuses/116405264312862013https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/ParadeGrotesque/statuses/116405264312862013Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:49:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:45:59 GMT]]>@darth Linux has been my primary OS for 25 years, but feeling the lure of FreeBSD right now.

My new NAS runs vanilla FreeBSD, along with a Pi4 print server. Planning to migrate another server to FreeBSD, and currently experimenting with it on a laptop to get to know it better.

If all goes well and there are no major showstoppers, I'm hoping it will be the only OS on my new desktop very soon.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glammr.us/users/teapot_ben/statuses/116405250249192758https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glammr.us/users/teapot_ben/statuses/116405250249192758Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:45:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:40:32 GMT]]>@darth

Currently using windows due to job, etc. But I have hardware sitting next to me waiting for when I have the time to install a BSD. Both desktop and laptop. Oh, and some Raspberry Pis.

Currently injured, so I can only sit for so long, and work takes up that slice of time. Got to survive first.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/DragonBard/statuses/116405228818065017https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/DragonBard/statuses/116405228818065017Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:40:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:26:26 GMT]]>]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snac.9front.club/thedaemon/p/1776201986.717066https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snac.9front.club/thedaemon/p/1776201986.717066Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:26:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:24:01 GMT]]>@darth@silversword.online I have only BSD computers that I use as "daily drivers": A laptop and a tower, both running FreeBSD.

In addition I run NetBSD on every computer I own that can run it, from an old 486slc2 and am Am586 via a Nintendo Wii to a couple of dual Pentium Pro machines. All but the 486slc2 are equipped with full GUI and set up so I can do Real Work(TM) from them.

I have my laptop full of BSD stickers, Once - and there are witnesses - I was in an Irish pub here in Oslo, and one of the waitresses who had walked past our table a few times stopped, looked me in the eyes and asked "Are you running BSD on that thing or are you just bragging with those stickers?"

Turns out she used to be a network engineer in Cambridge.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pleroma.anduin.net/objects/15d12e97-eb98-4426-8ff4-b7d8d7ef6b0fhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pleroma.anduin.net/objects/15d12e97-eb98-4426-8ff4-b7d8d7ef6b0fTue, 14 Apr 2026 21:24:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:16:23 GMT]]>@darth Sometimes I post photos and screenshots of my laptop(s)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/alfonsosiciliano/statuses/116405133858102786https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/alfonsosiciliano/statuses/116405133858102786Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:16:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:14:07 GMT]]>@darth I swear allegiance to no one. But Windows is currently dead to me (for the second time) and I am very much looking forward to the laptop improvements landing in FreeBSD 15.1.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://awesome.garden/users/bytex64/statuses/116405124960105656https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://awesome.garden/users/bytex64/statuses/116405124960105656Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:14:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For *BSD fans, I wish to understand something that truly bothers me. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:08:20 GMT]]>@darth Yeah there are reasons why I have to run Ubuntu on certain nodes, but also given what a disgrace systemd is to actual humankind, I'd shitcan it at the drop of a hat if FreeBSD had Wi-fi and GPU/compute support for the NVidia RTX 500 and newer Intel Wifi7, and IEEE 1588 hardware master support for the I226V (I have a TimeNIC from Time Appliances for my protocol lab, and it needs Ubuntu for the igc driver mods for its custom 1PPS I/O over SMA). Oh, and I need KVM for ipspace netlab just now

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