• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      With the same logic, Microsoft’s dominance also helps the user in not having to choose between multiple types of systems.

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      2 months ago

      According to your logic we should all use Google Chrome. ;-)

      Comparing Linux with the BSDs is really apples and oranges. The BSDs have a very nicely integrated base system, everything just works™ and everything works together. When you only ever used Linux or Apple with homebrew, you never experienced a system where all basic tools really fit and work together.

      Linux is a pragmatic choice, but it is an Unix-clone made by PC people. The BSDs are a Unix operating system for PCs made by Unix people. We loose something very important if the BSDs get totally out of style/forgotten.

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          2 months ago

          Well, I funnily enough also agree with you, having just one widely used browser engine for all platforms sounds great in theory… (Until someone decides to not let you block advertisement anymore…;-))

          Docker is one of the reasons I use Linux and for all practical purposes nearly all open source software is developed for Linux and later ported to the BSDs (if one is lucky) - so, again, I am also using Linux because it runs what I need to run.

          I simply would love to have some practical and relevant options for OSS operating systems. I fully understand that this is not going to happen and Linux won.

          Anyway, have a good day!