If it’s not Gentoo, I’m not interested.

Real persons do not use Linux.

I promise you that quite a few people do, and they all use Linux. Source: My actual life.

Let me rephrase: After months of constant nagging by Linux users, Windowsers briefly tried it and found that their personal needs aren’t well met by either OS.

Linux just isn’t that good.

Depending on the particular BSD, yes and yes or yes and no. (FreeBSD has a Linux emulator in its kernel, which allows you to run Steam.)

Windows is still unbeaten for gaming though.

OpenBSD, (unlike Linux) not being copyrighted by a foundation under U.S. law, begs to differ. Fuck the upcoming California law, I say.

Other operating systems.

If that’s all you took from my comment, I think that’s fine.

Honestly, despite me not using either of those operating systems, I much prefer the Microsoft guys here. They don’t try to convert everyone to their religion.

that I can configure however I want

systemd disagrees.

that I can leave whenever I want!

All operating systems, except (maybe) iOS, do that.

It is well possible (and even encouraged) to actively despise both Microsoft’s enshittification of its software and the harassments of the Stockholm syndrome’d Linux community.

Why does the kobold look like a pony?

Or we could finally have a good OpenBSD desktop distribution.

The problem is that most of the GNU/Linux ecosystem - the kernel, GNU, systemd, GNOME - are largely developed (thus, dominated) by U.S. companies. Repackaging U.S. software in the EU does not make the software “made in EU”.

European operating system projects, like 9front (mostly German), aren’t really for the light-hearted.

We’re doomed.

Maybe sam could be worth a look? It’s basically GUI multiplayer ed on steroids.

Efficiently editing files in Vim in 9 steps

1. Esc
2. :
3. q
4. !
5. e
6. m
7. a
8. c
9. s

The OG open-source license was when software was just shared as a convenience, as companies only sold the matching hardware. When AT&T started asking for license fees for UNIX, it all went downhill.

When it comes to drivers, the question should be “does my hardware work?”, not “how many drivers for devices I will never even see in my life are there?”. YMMV.