I'm grateful for being able to have a choice like Linux or even BSD family instead having only two proprietary choices: Windows or MacOS.
from Psyhackological@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 24 Apr 20:57
https://lemmy.ml/post/29108499

That’s all. I can’t imagine how the world and also myself would look like without them.

#linux

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ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com on 24 Apr 21:33 next collapse

It would look the same desktop wise lmao, most people don’t use them

owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca on 24 Apr 22:46 collapse

Doubtful. Without Linux running the majority of the internet, I doubt the desktop scene would look the same as it does today.

ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com on 24 Apr 23:03 collapse

That’s why I said desktop not server

tiddy@sh.itjust.works on 27 Apr 22:37 collapse

Some desktops connect to servers on occasion, it was pretty big back in the 80s

You can read more about it here

peterg75@discuss.online on 24 Apr 22:31 next collapse

PREACH!!

BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 22:53 next collapse

How ironic that much of Microsoft and all MacOS depends on Linux/Unix.

I mean ironic for those companies. Irony is not directed at OP.

tux0r@feddit.org on 25 Apr 01:57 next collapse

Linux would be nothing without Unix.

that_leaflet@lemmy.world on 25 Apr 02:17 collapse

FOSS also depends on them, many FOSS contributors are employed by proprietary companies.

[deleted] on 24 Apr 22:57 next collapse

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tux0r@feddit.org on 25 Apr 01:59 collapse

macOS is not really BSD. It uses a Mach-like kernel with some of FreeBSD and OpenBSD in its userland. However, given that Linux and some versions of Windows also use BSD code in their network stacks, it should be obvious that “it uses BSD code” is not the same thing as “it is BSD”.

[deleted] on 25 Apr 02:12 collapse

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tux0r@feddit.org on 25 Apr 02:19 collapse

If it is “a BSD”, Windows is a BSD too.

[deleted] on 25 Apr 11:14 collapse

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tux0r@feddit.org on 25 Apr 11:23 collapse

Honestly: Ask the creator of that website. There is no technical reason for this.

HubertManne@piefed.social on 25 Apr 00:59 collapse

linux really is amazing at this point and I think it can take over the desktop once people realize. There are distros that are install and go without much of a learning curve at all and wine allows for running of windows programs.