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Comment by rollcat

5 days ago

> The browser engine should become as the Linux Kernel: one engine and different distros.

Try spending a month with a BSD - personally, I recommend OpenBSD, or (yes) macOS. Alternatively, try ZFS where you've previously used mdadm+lvm+luks+etc.

The difference is like sitting in a chair that has all of its screws tightened. You only notice how bad was your previous chair once you feel there's no wobbling.

That's more of a distro thing than "Linux being a few screws loose".

I vastly prefer the OpenBSD kernel too, but if you use a distro that does things properly such as NixOS, the BSDs are the ones that feel wonky.

  • > That's more of a distro thing than "Linux being a few screws loose".

    That's what I mean. Every distro has plenty of loose screws, because they all package a kitchen sink, but miss the forest for the trees. Meanwhile Linus himself is upset, because he can publish a precompiled build of Subsurface for every platform, except Linux.

    A BSD is a vertically integrated base system. Design is how it works.