To install, or not to install (21)

1 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/15 15:49

ima linux user and ive been recently thinking about instaling unix on a vm to try it
how does it compare to gnu/linux?
i know linux was based on how unix works so i expect some similarities but i also know that its propably another thing to learn from scratch
any advice?


ive bean thinking...
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2 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/15 15:49

i love when my ascii art is so big it breaks (*/ω＼)

3 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/15 17:45

Good ascii nameless

4 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/15 17:57

>>3
i tried (＃＞＜)

5 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/15 18:26

>>4
Daijoubu, next time will be the good one!

6 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/15 19:17

>>5
Hai hai----!

7 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/15 19:44

Was it supposed to be a neofetch?
Anyway, main difference I'd say is there are different commands, more security, and less compatibility. Are you thinking of using a BSD or a real UNIX like Solaris?

8 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/15 20:00

>>7
>Was it supposed to be a neofetch?
no it was supposed to be a bean saying "ive bean thinking... "
>main difference I'd say is there are different commands, more security, and less compatibility
so the things i expected
>Are you thinking of using a BSD or a real UNIX like Solaris?
dont know yet but i will propably try a bunch of options and then decide witch i like the most

9 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/15 20:35

>>8
>no it was supposed to be a bean saying "ive bean thinking... "
i thought it was gentoo
would have been a funny punch line

10 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/15 20:44

>>9
wuld have BEAN a funny punchline (^_-)

11 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/16 00:26

I recommend FreeBSD since it has the most compatibility and has a good number of references to assistance.

12 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/16 01:46

I've never been particularly convinced by Linux, but recently I've become really interested in Unix (and more specifically BSDs)
I'd love to give it a try so this thread comes at just the right time!

13 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/16 05:41

install solaris and experience why mankind doesn't do solaris anymore (it is not entirely because oracle is a bunch of cunts who pissed on sun's legacy, although that sure didn't help one bit and tanked the remaining marketshare)
sun was a great company (by large company standards at least) but I am fairly regularly reminded of how much they did wrong on a technological level, even if they were also regularly breaking new ground and generally trying to deliver value to users

THE NETWORK IS THE COMPUTER

14 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/16 07:02

>>11
>>13
i`ll try both
>>12
good that it finds use for someone else

15 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/17 13:04

>>12
Take a look at OpenBSD. stellar documentation on manual pages and the website FAQ, and it also has a list of recommended books on the website (openbsd.org/books.html). The creator (Theo) was a Sun Micro. fanboy and started out as a dev in the NetBSD SPARC tree. I think BSD in general gets closest to UNIX in the FOSS world.
>>13
true, unfortunately they had to die like everyone else to make space for Intel.

16 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/17 15:25

>>15
OpenBSD is not anything that should be used as a desktop, I'd say. It exists pretty much just for servers so they can have maximum protection.

17 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/17 16:14

>>16
>OpenBSD is not anything that should be used as a desktop, I'd say.
You would say wrong

18 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/17 17:34

>>17
There's no reason to have it unless you are overly cautious about getting randomly hacked, it's pretty overkill in that sense. You would be better off running a openbsd router and then running freebsd as a desktop for usability with the same security benefits.

19 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/17 17:56

>>18
>There's no reason to have it unless you are overly cautious about getting randomly hacked, it's pretty overkill in that sense.
This is a common misconception. Most people use it for the sane code practices, the manuals and the ease of use, which are things that just happen to be in common with good security. Sun also made the most secure machines on the market at the time because they thought it was a requisite, but the clients weren't looking exclusively for that.
He asked for a good unix system and i recommended one with good documentation and no ambiguity which is essential to someone that wants to learn about how things actually work.
>Running freebsd as a desktop for usability with the same security benefits.
Are you serious? Did they stop making OS and software vulnerabilities? Now they only target routers? I didn't know that.

20 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/17 19:29

>Now they only target routers? I didn't know that.
It's harder for anything to get hacked on a network since everything has to go through the router. In any way, I still recommend freebsd but it's whatever.

21 Name: Nameless : 2026/05/18 05:43

>19
>It's harder for anything to get hacked on a network since everything has to go through the router.
>>Are you serious? Did they stop making OS and software vulnerabilities?
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