Hi. I am using macOS. so, what UNIX like OS are you using?

  • @PCChipsM922U
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    1 year ago

    Nope, I also use NetBSD as a desktop OS. But yeah, mostly for server stuff, lol.

    I mostly use Void cuz… it’s not as “getting your hands dirty” as Gentoo, but it is somewhat minimalistic. Plus it supports most popular architectures, including some not so well established (or just EOL, like x86). Has xfce out of the box, which I love, cuz I use that DE anyway, so I don’t have to set up the DE manually as well. The other stuff is pretty much like any other distro, except for the package manager tools, those are really helful. The community is great, they don’t get too much into ideology and politics, they just want to get things done and working, regardless of licensing issues. They don’t do too much tinkering, even though it’s a rolling release distro (for example, they’re still on kernel version 6.1.x, while Arch is on 6.3.x I belive, so basically, they’d opt for a bit more testing and stability then having an absolutely bleeding edge kernel and packages). Basically, IMO Void is a nice balance between having a rolling release distro and not have to worry too much about stuff breaking when you update.

    Don’t use stuff like screenreaders (even though I do work in a TV station, lol) in BSD or Linux, I just use it for general purpose stuff, everyday nonsence, remote asistance, music, movies, etc… sometimes for flashing EEPROMs, microcontrollers and electronics related stuff, but very rarely nowadays (lack of free time).