brown pill me on freeBSD /g/ Is it better than say ubuntu? Does

>>59343378
BSD for anything other than server use is fucking pants on head retarded.

>>59343378
FreeBSD got pwned by the CIA. Avoid.

>>59343378
I'm interested in trying a BSD too. Just out of curiosity. I'm thinking about trying a live USB if such a thing exists.

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>>59343451

how so?

>>59343378
I also am looking to experiment with BSD. I tried trueOS and got throught the install but it will not boot so I'm looking to try another version.

Can anyone recommend which I can try to familiarize myself with BSD? This probably wont be a permanent install, just a test drive to learn the differnces it has with linux.

I'm leaning towards GhostBSD

>>59343504
Just use FreeBSD.

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I use FreeBSD
It's free for you and it's free for me

>>59343430
t. person who doesn't know how to call startx from the shell
Retard.

>>59343599
Literally what the fuck are you talking about

>>59343451
Let's be honest.
No OS is safe from a nation-state that has a vast amount of resources like the US. If they really want to, they can get you no matter what you do or what you run.

>>59343638
Except for OpenBSD.

>>59343618
Someone who is incapable of learning how to use Unix as a desktop has brain damage.

>>59343683
Why would I use a BSD OS for my desktop? It makes no sense.

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omg i ran vmstat how do i make it stop?

>>59343689
Because you actually need to get computing done. You need to do math, to do programming, to administer systems.
You need to do something nontrivial with a computer.
Software developers don't treat non-Unix systems as important. Everything is developed for Unix and then ported.
C
Lisp
Any server program
Most math libraries

>>59343709
I have no idea what I'm talking about: the post

>>59343705
ctrl c

>>59343705
Control-C

>>59343717
>I have no idea what I'm talking about: the post
[citation needed]

>>59343689
It has very low space for an install like 1.6 GB.
If you got a large desktop that might not matter to you but some people do think about that sort of thing, I have one pc notorious for bad electricity consumption due to having one of the very first duo core mobile processors and wanted something lightweight where light weight unix distros like puppy came with a lot of extra pre-installed desktop environment stuff I didn't need.
On the plus side of figuring out how much space the distro used now I'm not going to forget that df switch or how to shut down vmstat.

I'm running NetBSD in a VM right now, it's pretty neat
If I can get it set up to do all the things I do in my lubuntu install, and it works with my hardware (basically a given since it's a 5 year old laptop), I'll switch for real

>>59343858
All the BSDs are fun. Sadly, I will say that NetBSD and DragonFlyBSD are less well-known, which can affect development and documentation.
But the documentation for NetBSD is good. Try out vi instead of vim, and sh instead of bash!

>>59343709
>Lisp
you failed computer history

>>59344002
>imblyng ITS and VMS are used anymore
ok kid

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>>59343709
>Lisp
>ported from Unix to bad operating systems
>implying Unix wasn't one of the bad operating systems Lisp was ported too
>implying the Symbolics 3600 wasn't the pinnacle of computer engineering

>>59343705
ctrl+z

then fg
> : D

run stty -a or stty -e and learn what each of those control characters do
It'll help you out.

>>59344664
Please refrain from posting anime pictures on this board. Thanks.

>>59344664
anime is gaynime

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>>59344969
But /g/ is the tech-loli-ogy board.

>>59344969
Reaction images that go along with relevant text have never been a bad thing.

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>>59344997
No, you got that wrong.
/g/ is only for consumerism posts and pepe.
Any extra anime picture will get you a perma ban, my friend.

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>>59345011
Sure, if the reaction images are no anime shit

What's a good window manager for FreeBSD?

>>59345341
i3

>>59343668
Except that Heartbleed proves that there's no such thing as security just because you have regular audits and more eyes on the problem.

>>59343689
I've been doing it since 2001, it's fine.

>>59346206
OpenSSL was/is a joke. LibreSSL, now from the same guys who made the fine piece of an operating system that is OpenBSD. I want to see a Heartbleed in that.

OpenBSD isn't only about audits. The code is simple, elegant, maintainable. It's much easier to guarantee security when the code isn't a complete, bloated and massive mess that would be impossible to properly audit regardless of how many eyes you have (and that's basically every operating system at this point).

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I keep getting this shit error
I've been googling for 3 hours. any advice?

>>59346751
false alarm. I got it wow