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    Switched to linux before it became mainstream (lemmy.world)
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    [–] RickAstleyfounddead@lemy.lol 71 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    Linux gotta mainstream wen?
    Time to switch to bsd

    [–] tentacles9999@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

    It’s almost time to roll out your own OS, posix is becoming too mainstream

    [–] pacmondo@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    There's always TempleOS

    [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

    Praise!

    [–] cerement@slrpnk.net 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
    [–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    People like this, by simply existing, make me feel like a real dumb piece of shit.

    My breaks from real work are video games, TV, and this sort of shit posting we've got going on in this thread right here.

    [–] Zink@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    While he’s no doubt very high intelligence, I think there’s a combination of personality, personal interests, and drive that these outstanding people have. For some people, the work is what they want to be doing AND what makes them happy/fulfilled.

    Like you, I am not like that. A productive day at work can feel great, but I’m never sitting at home thinking I’d rather be working on some idea for an app or game.

    Society has taught me that what I SHOULD want to do is that “productive” stuff. Work long hours, strike it rich on my own or climb the ladder at work, etc. But the wiring in my brain does not get fulfillment and happiness from that stuff. But spending that time on family, pets, and hobbies has greatly increased my quality of life over the past few years.

    [–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Yeah, it's the same for me. Work is so I have the money I need to live, but free time is so much more valuable to me.

    [–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

    I like to consider what I would or wouldn’t regret when I’m older. I’ve heard plenty of successful people lament not being a better parent while focused on their career. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard somebody regret spending time with their family instead of their work.

    [–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    That's why I plan to move my servers into an L4 clone.

    [–] tentacles9999@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    I applaud this future thinking. you need bare metal or whatever you consider L4 to truly rice a system. Gone are the days where superior performance was a couple of finely tuned cpu flags away.

    [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

    Well, ok. I don't really plan to do that. It was a joke.

    I do wish it was something viable, though.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

    Heard me out

    FreeDOS

    [–] pelya@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    I've used FreeBSD for about a month in 2005, and still can't stop talking about it.

    [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

    I dual booted it as a desktop for about 6 months around the same time, but honestly all I did is use it as a desktop and browser. I could hardly figure out how to do anything else. I've forgotten everything about the experience, and anything I happen to accidentally remember I try to also forget.

    [–] marcos@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

    It's close to 1 in 20 PCs nowadays. It's growing very quickly, and has been adopted in non-irrelevant amounts for a few years already.

    [–] ordellrb@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

    Plan9 from bell labs?

    [–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

    I am already learning to use FreeBSD. I definitely recommend reading the official handbook, it is even a pretty great introduction to Unix overall.