Oct 16, 2026, 1:41 PM@nina_kali_nina both BSDs are waaay much more easy to get into than pre-2010 GNU/Linux because of installation process. Before that time, installing GNU/Linux was seemingly impossible without a degree in IT or smth (at least for me)
@bieaz I think it really depends on your distro and hardware. Debian starting from the pre-release has an installer that isn't any more complicated than the one in NetBSD, and so did slackware. It's just they were more likely not to work, I guess, and the knowledge about fixing common issues wasn't so widespread 😓
@bieaz e.g. here's my screenshot walkthrough of Debian 0.91 with Linux 0.99: https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/111431340793521963
Oct 16, 2026, 2:49 PM@nina_kali_nina That's awesome, I would like to try that at some point. I remember trying to install a gnu/linux distro(albeit not remembering which one) around 2008 to family laptop(hp i think) and not even able to finalise the process and end up with an unusable laptop that my father took back to some shop and reinstall back windows xp :blobono: