Good Evening All,
A business associate of mine recommends OpenBSD over FreeBSD. In my experience the FreeBSD ports have degraded significantly in quality the last 1-2 years and I've become frustrated as a result. FreeBSD (rev 10.*) was a stable platform for me. It's just that the ports have lost their quality. I started spending more time fixing, rather than using my system, regardless if the port was precompiled or built from source. I need a stable development (C/C++) system that can also do well in multimedia. I also have significant hearing loss from an old military injury (mortar attack). I used the parametric equalizer under FreeBSD to tweak the sound output so I could understand things that were spoken in online videos. Now that I have retired, I spend a lot of time on YouTube, Hulu, and occasionally NetFlix, yet I still do side-projects that involve video editing and software development. I went to FreeBSD when 10.0 came out due to Linux' systemd debacle. Linux is no longer an option since systemd. I have had way too many problems with it. I will no longer fight with/use it. I have changed out my NVidia GTX-660 GPU to a AMD RX 480 GPU. I know that NVidia is not a friend of Linux, and especially the BSD's. I am not asking the community to comment about my hardware, I've already done my homework. I see the ports that I need in the ports tree of OpenBSD, so I know that the software I need is there. What I am asking the community for, are comments on the suitability of OpenBSD for my usage paradigms. Sincerely and respectfully, Dave |
On 11/10/16 22:19, Dave wrote:
> Good Evening All, > > A business associate of mine recommends OpenBSD over FreeBSD. In my > experience the FreeBSD ports have degraded significantly in quality the > last 1-2 years and I've become frustrated as a result. > > FreeBSD (rev 10.*) was a stable platform for me. It's just that the > ports have lost their quality. I started spending more time fixing, > rather than using my system, regardless if the port was precompiled or > built from source. I need a stable development (C/C++) system that can > also do well in multimedia. I also have significant hearing loss from an > old military injury (mortar attack). I used the parametric equalizer > under FreeBSD to tweak the sound output so I could understand things > that were spoken in online videos. Now that I have retired, I spend a > lot of time on YouTube, Hulu, and occasionally NetFlix, yet I still do > side-projects that involve video editing and software development. > > I went to FreeBSD when 10.0 came out due to Linux' systemd debacle. > Linux is no longer an option since systemd. I have had way too many > problems with it. I will no longer fight with/use it. > > I have changed out my NVidia GTX-660 GPU to a AMD RX 480 GPU. I know > that NVidia is not a friend of Linux, and especially the BSD's. > > I am not asking the community to comment about my hardware, I've already > done my homework. I see the ports that I need in the ports tree of > OpenBSD, so I know that the software I need is there. What I am asking > the community for, are comments on the suitability of OpenBSD for my > usage paradigms. > > Sincerely and respectfully, > > Dave > > Really, you are the only one who can determine if the ports here will work for you. I'd set up a machine, probably -current, and start testing. I'm not familiar with doing Hulu or Netflix on OpenBSD so if you do that, let misc@ know. Usage adapted for your hearing loss would be good to talk of, too. --STeve Andre' |
Two different systems and two different cultures. If you have two machines,
try using both FreeBSD and OpenBSD together in a personal set up of sorts. On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:07 PM, STeve Andre' <[hidden email]> wrote: > On 11/10/16 22:19, Dave wrote: > >> Good Evening All, >> >> A business associate of mine recommends OpenBSD over FreeBSD. In my >> experience the FreeBSD ports have degraded significantly in quality the >> last 1-2 years and I've become frustrated as a result. >> >> FreeBSD (rev 10.*) was a stable platform for me. It's just that the >> ports have lost their quality. I started spending more time fixing, >> rather than using my system, regardless if the port was precompiled or >> built from source. I need a stable development (C/C++) system that can >> also do well in multimedia. I also have significant hearing loss from an >> old military injury (mortar attack). I used the parametric equalizer >> under FreeBSD to tweak the sound output so I could understand things >> that were spoken in online videos. Now that I have retired, I spend a >> lot of time on YouTube, Hulu, and occasionally NetFlix, yet I still do >> side-projects that involve video editing and software development. >> >> I went to FreeBSD when 10.0 came out due to Linux' systemd debacle. >> Linux is no longer an option since systemd. I have had way too many >> problems with it. I will no longer fight with/use it. >> >> I have changed out my NVidia GTX-660 GPU to a AMD RX 480 GPU. I know >> that NVidia is not a friend of Linux, and especially the BSD's. >> >> I am not asking the community to comment about my hardware, I've already >> done my homework. I see the ports that I need in the ports tree of >> OpenBSD, so I know that the software I need is there. What I am asking >> the community for, are comments on the suitability of OpenBSD for my >> usage paradigms. >> >> Sincerely and respectfully, >> >> Dave >> >> >> > Really, you are the only one who can determine if the ports here will work > for you. I'd set up a machine, probably -current, and start testing. I'm > not familiar with doing Hulu or Netflix on OpenBSD so if > you do that, let misc@ know. Usage adapted for your hearing loss > would be good to talk of, too. > > --STeve Andre' |
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