He's a Linux user and works in IT. He's a smart dude for sure, who has helped me build a desktop PC for gaming. I've got a separate Windows drive for that. But I also want a NetBSD drive in there so I can migrate from my laptop to a wide screen finally. He tells me NetBSD is for routers and I should switch to FreeBSD or OpenBSD. I've tried explaining to him that NetBSD has everything I need and for everything else there's pkgsrc. He doesn't get it. Anyone got any nuggets of wisdom they can share with me that I can pass along?

pfr He tells me NetBSD is for routers and I should switch to FreeBSD or OpenBSD. Switch to Windows.

pfr Why does he think Free/Open over NetBSD for a desktop? (Also strange that a linux user wouldn't recommend linux). As long your hardware supports whatever OS you want to run it will be fine. Same goes for windows/macos/linux/free/net/open/dragonfly/haiku/illumos etc etc pfr He tells me NetBSD is for routers People say the same about OpenBSD, or that Free is best on servers, or linux is ok just for servers or old hardware that windows doesn't support anymore. Best thing to do is put NetBSD on it and show him it works fine.

pfr Anyone got any nuggets of wisdom they can share [...] Sure. Say: "Mate, I never took you for a troll... Here, have another beer."

pfr They are still maintaining support for M68000 and Sparc64-based routers.

pin Switch to Windows. He does work predominantly with Azure DevOps services so he's also very much a Windows user. nortonham Best thing to do is put NetBSD on it and show him it works fine. Just what I plan to do 😎 rvp Sure. Say: "Mate, I never took you for a troll... Here, have another beer." Funnily enough, my response was pretty much that.

I'm very satisfied with NetBSD as a desktop

It sounds like your friend is going 100% off of reputation and vibes, and hasn't bothered to even look into what NetBSD's got going for it. It literally says on the top of NetBSD's front page that "It is available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices." Would he doubt that? Or maybe he sees the word "Net" and assumes it is "for" networking appliances? I dunno. Aside -- it's been very interesting collecting anecdotes about people's attitudes toward my favorite OS.

dressupgeekout It sounds like your friend is going 100% off of reputation and vibes, and hasn't bothered to even look into what NetBSD's got going for it. Above all, why in the world should anybody care if a random acquaintance of theirs decides to run a niche operating system as their daily driver? pfr He tells me NetBSD is for routers and I should switch to FreeBSD or OpenBSD Why is he even aware of the existence of *BSD? I have friends with degrees in computer science, who only (if ever at all) heard of BSD UNIX while studying C and OS history. pfr Anyone got any nuggets of wisdom they can share with me that I can pass along? I regard the act of having to justify software choices (especially when it comes to obscure vs mainstream) as a waste of time. dressupgeekout Aside -- it's been very interesting collecting anecdotes about people's attitudes toward my favorite OS. Once I met a professional pentester who had been running FreeBSD at some point and she said that had never heard of anybody in the world (physical or virtual) running NetBSD anywhere.

NetBSD belongs in the revolution ✊

nia The resistance! Bella ciao Bella ciao Bella ciao ciao ciao!

My friend thinks NetBSD belongs on routers not desktops

giriu

I love NetBSD as a router and Desktop.I like its professional mininalist approach.I use cwm with slim on lagacy hardware and I use xfce on newer one.what makes a desktop? I have a wm , firefox, mpv, mupdf, nnn/xfe , viewnior etc ... Thank you NetBSD (and pkgsrc ) Team ! you are selflessly bestowing upon us the coolest OS :-)

pfr

Jay Do we have a Poll yet?

Jay

pfr not yet was busy and down with cold currently 🙂 probably next week

pfr

Jay Hope you feel better soon Jay. I've been feeling the same lately. Wife made some excellent chicken soup which fixed me right up. If I could send it to you digitally, I would! 🐔 🥢

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