It’s not necessarily better, some things are a personal preference. Though some might be able to list some technical pros and cons.
Some things I appreciate are:
base systems and packages are completely separate. Packages and their configuration goes in /usr/local/ No where else. (Thought they might write to /var/ )
bsd init, not systemd. Feels more home to me as a late 90s slackware user.
first class zfs support. Linux has caught up lately, especially now that there is a shared zfs codebase for both Linux and FreeBSD. When I switched to FreeBSD on my home server ~10 years ago that wasn’t the case.
I’m one of those who dislikes the US defaultism, but in this case you are very correct in assuming the US centric as the description of the community states explicitly that it’s for the discussion of “US Politics”
So I’ll be unsubscribing and subscribing to WorldPolitics instead ;)
Very possible and even probable that they’re using some chrome specific behaviour. Just like back in late 90s early noughts when so many websites were IE specific making is impossible to use without a windows installation. The effect is though that unfortunately Firefox isn’t usable everywhere. Sometimes you need chrome for some specific websites. This is especially true for some self hosted “enterprise” web apps, I need chrome for one of those too.
Which sci-fi titles (movies, books) do you consider comforting, cozy, something you come back to from time to time? For me, I guess it is The Matrix. Still holds up to this day, gets better with every re-watch, and gives me a sense of peace when I need it.
After a hiatus in Mac and windows land, I came back into Linux a with similar wishlist.
It’s quite a diversion, but I actually went with FreeBSD. Now it’s not Linux but with the separation of base system and packages, you get a stable base that is released at a pretty fixed consistent schedule.
For packages you can pick from quarterly or weekly update schedule, so you can have a stable base OS with bleeding edge software. The binary package manager is easy to use, but if you want more control you can opt for building from source as well.
The init system is BSD based so all main config goes into a single rc.conf file, very easy to understand and work with.
Most mainstream applications such as Firefox, postgresql, nginx etc are just a pkg install away and it natively supports zfs (even as root fs) which was one of the reasons I got really interested in it 10 years ago.
Of course, there is software, especially some younger projects that don’t support FreeBSD. So while there are thousands of packages available, some Linux only applications won’t work.
Personally, I would pick FreeBSD any time that the software I require supports it. I only run Linux (settled on pop is for now) if the software I need requires it.
I began with slackware linux late 1990s and have moved to FreeBSD about 10 years ago. Just recently installed Linux again and found pop! os to be quite usable. I think it’s worth to check out.
I tried to find this setting for postgres and Ms SQLserver, the two databases I interact with. I wasn’t able to find any settings to that effect, do you happen to know them?
Despite being a heavy cell phone user for more than 25 years, it only recently occurred to me that vertical navigation on most phones is inverted when compared to traditional computers. You swipe down to navigate upward, and up to navigate downward. I recently spent time using a MacBook, which apparently defaults to this...
I used to play games with both inverted X and Y. But lately (last 10-15 years) inverted X was often not an option so I had to force myself to play both axis non-inverted. It took a few months but it feels natural now.
When new posts are made, the uploaded time just shows “NOW” instead of the correct time. It seems to take a few hours before it properly updates again.
Same here. When this was new I had 10 tabs open with articles about this dress, they were all white and gold. Then all of a sudden on the 11th tab I saw it as blue and black and thought it was a different picture. Went back through the other 10 tabs and they were all blue and black now.
I was able to see white and gold once more a few days later, but it was short lived and I haven’t been able to see anything else but blue and black for years now.
I’m tried of how terrible Gmail is. Id like an email client with folders or categories. If it can sort them automatically (like how Googles now defunct inbox app used to) that would be even better....
Biden: What's happening in Gaza is not genocide (www.gmanetwork.com)
“What’s happening in Gaza is not genocide. We reject that,” Biden said at a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House....
iFixit hails replaceable LPCAMM2 laptop memory as a 'big deal' (www.theregister.com)
A huge fruit growing on a tree (mander.xyz)
'Positive Step,' Says Sanders After AstraZeneca Agrees to Cap Inhalers at $35 (www.commondreams.org)
Linux hits 4% on the desktop 🐧 📈 (gs.statcounter.com)
NetBSD - thoughts?
What’s the point of it?...
Redress of Grievances?
Let’s say we wanted to petition the government for a redress of our grievances. What would be on the list?...
Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)
Comforting science fiction
Which sci-fi titles (movies, books) do you consider comforting, cozy, something you come back to from time to time? For me, I guess it is The Matrix. Still holds up to this day, gets better with every re-watch, and gives me a sense of peace when I need it.
I know I know, another "help me choose a distro" thread
I’m wondering if a distro like the one I’m looking for even exists:...
Help me choose a distro, please!
I’m ditching Windows in favor of Linux on my personal desktop. And so I’m looking for advice on which distro I should start with....
What popular quote are you tired of hearing?
Bonus points if it’s usually misused/misunderstood by the people who say it
C Compilers be like (lemmy.ml)
Used all of these three. I don’t want to even look at MS Visual C/C++ ecosystem.
I accidentally removed the WHERE clause from my SQL query in a personal tool. Every row is now the same. I overwrote 206,000+ rows. I have no backup, I am stupid.
“UPDATE table_name SET w = $1, x = $2, z = $4 WHERE y = $3 RETURNING *”,...
Ask Lemmy: Traditional vs natural mouse scrolling; which do you use?
Despite being a heavy cell phone user for more than 25 years, it only recently occurred to me that vertical navigation on most phones is inverted when compared to traditional computers. You swipe down to navigate upward, and up to navigate downward. I recently spent time using a MacBook, which apparently defaults to this...
[BUG] New posts don't correctly show uploaded time.
When new posts are made, the uploaded time just shows “NOW” instead of the correct time. It seems to take a few hours before it properly updates again.
Do you see Black and Blue, or White and Gold? (lemmy.world)
What's your favorite email app?
I’m tried of how terrible Gmail is. Id like an email client with folders or categories. If it can sort them automatically (like how Googles now defunct inbox app used to) that would be even better....