I went full-time FreeBSD for a couple weeks. These are my takeaways.

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magnolia_mayhem

Recently, Jupiter Broadcasting's main show had a week-long challenge where the hosts and many of the audience tried switching to a BSD for a week. While it seems that 2/3 of the hosts had a horrible time, I thought it was a fun and worthwhile experience and am keeping FreeBSD on one of my two workstations. I will say that I didn't get any other BSD to even boot, but that's not a conversation for here.

My full writeup is here:

BSD pt Deux :: Ministry of Mayhem

BSD Pt. 2 They did it again. Those inglorious bastards over at Jupiter Broadcasting gave me an excuse to build another BSD machine. I already had a couple running (this website being one), but I now have the opportunity to use a machine that wasn’t built in the last century. First, the rules. As...
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I'm so very much confused by things like this. Also, I've seen terms like "Linux nerd" or "Linux poweruser" or "guru" or whatever but at the same time, the "requirements" are childish. -e.g. "install a package" or "start a service" or "install a ''container''". That label (those requirements attached to it) seem so very demeaning! Please stop using that label--if those are the requirements to obtain that level--for yourself or others (in either Linux or BSD none of those requirements should be unattainable in very little time and I have confidence you can be far above that in no time). As far as I could tell, a few hours reading the handbook (for any of the BSDs) would have gotten you to "level 11" in one shot.

Oh, and stop trying to find the equal of X on Y. Pick a task and find the section in the handbook (-i.e. don't try to find "sysctl" in the handbook; find "service management"). "connect to the internet", "install a desktop", "service management", etc.
 
Maturin said:
I stopped reading at
"I don’t want to use FreeBSD on that one, being that it’s the Ubuntu of the BSD world"
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Yeah, that made me cringe too. I believe this is just another example of the user trying to associate a Linux-ism to BSD; or at least this is what I told myself - the assumption, on my part, is that the user is saying Ubuntu "has everything you need". Anyone who's read a BSD's handbook for more than 5 minutes knows that's not how BSD works but...*shrug*

I'm sure, I'm wrong in my assumption, just based on the fact the user keeps doing odd things like:
1. #!/usr/local/bin/bash
2. sudo
...
Because that would take an actual effort to install 'bash' and 'sudo' vs just use the given shell and su (especially for a 'test'). o.0

And what dahell is "tailscale"?
 
magnolia_mayhem said:
Jupiter Broadcasting
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Am I supposed to know what or who that is?
magnolia_mayhem said:
I didn't get any other BSD to even boot
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That doesn't say much about your skills, I'm afraid.
magnolia_mayhem said:
While it seems that 2/3 of the hosts had a horrible time, I thought it was a fun and worthwhile experience
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They can ask for their money back, and I'm utterly unmoved by your positive opinion. We don't need your approval here.
Maturin said:
I stopped reading at
"I don’t want to use FreeBSD on that one, being that it’s the Ubuntu of the BSD world"
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I didn't start reading. I'm a bad person.
 
Not only is it fun. It's the easiest Unix-like OS to manage and to use as Desktop. (the other ones I can compare are: various Linuxes, OpenBSD, OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris back in the day etc.).
 
Alain De Vos said:
Well there is always TEMPLE-OS.
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"You want better than realism? How about an elephant with blue eyes!?" - Terry A. Davis

One week? Everyone knows it's two weeks. At least, according to Total Recall. ^_^

Try six months with no dual booting or VMs of Windows, Linux, etc. Then come back with a report.
 
AlfredoLlaquet said:
I'm the guru of the flies, but only in the summer.

Additionally, I wonder how these unknown people to whom the OP belongs didn't try GhostBSD, which seems the perfect fit for their lack of technical acumen.
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I think the write up mentioned that GhostBSD would have been "cheating" in the challenge. However, I think it comes down to the two different types of people; those that read the manual and those that don't. ...Me: if I purchase a chainsaw, for the most part, the trigger is fairly self-explanatory but when I need to assemble a bicycle, the first thing I reach for is the manual.
 
JohnK said:
those that read the manual and those that don't
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Dear John, I think this is unfair. The division I would make is those who get things done and those who don't. I for one try to read as little as possible to do what I need to do. If I can read zero, I read zero. If I need to read a lot, I read a lot.
 
AlfredoLlaquet said:
Dear John, I think this is unfair. The division I would make is those who get things done and those who don't. I for one try to read as little as possible to do what I need to do. If I can read zero, I read zero. If I need to read a lot, I read a lot.
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Isn't that how my chainsaw/bicycle analogy came across? -i.e. sometimes i think it's necessary to slow down to go fast.
 
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