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What makes BSD stand out as its own system? I've been thinking about installing it in a new computer mainly for reading but I don't know much about it.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (11 children)

I’m going to get crucified for this… for a desktop end-user it’s basically Linux with completely different syntax, lesser hardware compatibility and limited support channels.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What's the benefit in other circumstances?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It’s rock solid. It also has a heavy emphasis on security. Numerous high-end network routers and security devices use it as the base operating system. Darwin, the open source foundation of macOS is also derived from it.

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