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People keep saying they need a light and fast distro - no systemd, no glibc - but it breaks a lot of other software. So, you need to be prepared to patch a lot
by deusum 3y ago
People keep saying they need a light and fast distro - no systemd, no glibc - but it breaks a lot of other software. So, you need to be prepared to patch a lot of stuff, and build packages from source.
Personally, I would love more of them to consider FreeBSD. It's got all of those features, a linux compatibility layer if necessary, a more permissive license, etc. I'd just love to see a lot more developers helping over there.
- richardwhiuk 3y agoMoving to FreeBSD would require patching even more things.
- packetlost 3y agoExcept you can't run FreeBSD in Kubernetes really. Or really anywhere besides in VMs in the Linux monoculture.
- ASalazarMX 3y ago> a more permissive license I see this as a net disadvantage. The great insight of the GPL licences is forcing changes to be contributed back to the project, companies can't easily privatize a public effort.
- szundi 3y agoAnd this makes GPL based software like Linux stronger, more popular, more community to help