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  • I like Void, it feels a little more like a BSD. But I’ve only really used it for experimentation, no idea what it’s like as a daily driver.

    You could also try an actual BSD. OpenBSD has a very clear style and direction which I like but be careful when partitioning, they have their own ‘disklabel’ system. Updates are really streamlined with syspatch and sysupgrade.

    NetBSD had a nice TUI installer. It may appear a bit less focussed on its aims but has a lot going for it: many supporter platforms, a friendly community, etc.

    There’s also FreeBSD, DragonflyBSD, possibly more but I don’t have much experience with those.






  • Living in a small Dutch city (~90k) near a major city, where I work.

    • Walking to local square with supermarkets/hairdressers/cafe’s/etc. Just a few minutes.
    • Cycling pretty much everywhere else in the city, mostly visiting family and friends.
    • Public transport everywhere else (which makes up the bulk). Two bus stops in ~5 min walk, railway station <10 min bike ride.

    Only in the last few years have I come to appreciate how lucky I am to live in such a well designed place. What my hometown does especially well is traffic segregation - there’s a good network of carfree/lite routes throughout the city. Not just great for cycling but also running.

    It’s not perfect though. For example, public transport is focussed on going to and from nearby cities, for getting around within our own city it’s quite terrible. Until my wife got an ebike it was hard for her to get to the other side of town.