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I feel the same, because it seems that the only desktop-ready OS under GPL today is GNU/Linux, and it feels too bloated nowadays (not to mention that Linux is effectively stuck under GPLv2). Something like FreeBSD feels much lighter and better still being desktop‐ready. Looks like that guys from Hyperbola think the same and that’s why they are doing HyperbolaBSD. Btw there’s some progress in GNU Hurd, but they are still far from being desktop-ready.

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Klonoar|3 months ago

There needs to be a new rule in technical discussion communities that outlaws bland comments that just spew "too bloated" and "feels much lighter". It is completely useless fluff description text.

unexpectedtrap|3 months ago

No, it’s just you having some strange prejudices about these words (probably driven by blind faith in some overhyped technologies), so go better overregulate your preferred echo chamber.

wkat4242|3 months ago

I had to laugh at the progress in gnu hurd. I've been hearing that one since the 90s

unexpectedtrap|3 months ago

They now provide at least somehow working x86_64 images. It’s of course funny for a project started in the 90s to get x86_64 support only in the 2020s, but it’s still progress in relative terms.