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[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 70 points 1 year ago

I like the idea of FreeBSD, but I can't see the point of giving up on my Linux conveniences to switch over to it. What advantages does it provide, and are they worth the switch, considering I'm losing a lot of software, as well as any semblance of gaming?

[-] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What advantages does it provide

ZFS, mostly. There are some smaller peripheral things (like much better manpages), but these days the big one is probably ZFS. Zero licensing conflicts allows it to be an integral part of the kernel.

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

like better manpages

I want them now! I want the better manpages! Has someone decided to create inproved manpages for Linux? I think this could be a great idea for a project or an organisation. Manprove, the organisation to improve Unix manual pages.

[-] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

Isn't this actually impossible because manpages are maintained by distros? And the benefit of freedbsd being everything is created by the same team? Aka FreeBSD being a complete distro and not just a kernel?

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