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  • I tried PC/BSD on a desktop quite a few years ago and it was pretty good, apart from having to build a lot of my software from their ports tree. That ultimately put me off and I went back to Linux. I tried FreeBSD on an old laptop last year and no matter what I tried, I couldn’t get it to recognize my Wifi adapter. I gave up after a couple of days.

    So, if your hardware is supported BSD is good, but if it’s not than it’s really not.









  • I disagree with you, I happen to think that the average person is intelligent enough to make an informed decision about their computing. They just have to forgo the learned helplessness that Microsoft and Apple have fostered since the early nineties.

    I don’t think it’s unreasonable for someone who is dissatisfied to try a few out. Let’s be clear here, if you’re satisfied, then you’re not going to even think about moving but more and more people are becoming dissatisfied, you can tell by the number of people on Reddit (yes I still lurk Reddit) asking about switching. Also, unless you’re really a geek, it isn’t going to be close to a technical decision - it will be purely gut-feel. I like this one, I don’t like that one.