I first started with Linux in 1994, with Slackware.
However, I’ve preferred FreeBSD for years, now. The only reason I use linux at all is Steam. There’s been work getting it working in FreeBSD, but not enough, and it basically only works on machines with an Nvidia GPU. And I’ve also been Team Red for literally decades.
Ah well.
Total lack of stability, not in “crashing programs” but in the entire idea of “throw it all out and start over” that seems to 100% infest every single Linux developer every few years.
Not to mention the total loss of every single bit of UNIX philosophy over the years.
“Everything’s a file.” ? Not according to Linux, not any more.
All the various *ctls necessary to run and inspect your system have completely gotten out of control.
Due to two things:
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We just don’t start loads that will be unattended, even for a few hours. Because laundry left in the washer for even as little as an additional 45 minutes will need, at a minimum, to be rewashed, or possibly even just completely thrown out, as our clothes would have begun to get very mildewed indeed.
We have notifications sent to all our phones when the washer is done, and based on who’s home, there’s also a tts announcement on certain speakers.
Thanks, yours as well.
Mine had an abdominal mesh removal.
He’s using Sengled zigbee bulbs, probably with their hub. And needs an actual zigbee hub.
At least that’s my understanding of his post.
Yeah, this happened at the absolute worst time for me. I have 6 of their WiFi bulbs that I’ve been planning to replace, but the wife’s car just broke down yesterday, and she had a surgical procedure today. And my kid starts her senior year of high school in a week or two, and registration is now, and she needs new clothes for school. Ugh.
Needless to say, money is too tight to replace these 6 not-so-smsrt bulbs just yet.
Thankfully, the 6 bulbs are: 3 in the kid’s room, and 3 in the front porch. Ad the kid has other lighting that continues working fine, and the porch lights are only needed if someone goes out there, and we rarely use the front porch, as our main entryway is the back one. I also have several zigbee relays, and some esphome devices so it’s not like my entire setup just died…
I was about to pull the trigger on replacing them the last time this crap happened, and they started working again, so they got moved to a back burner.
Yep. All the Linux fanboys always say “Arch wiki this” and “Arch wiki that” while the FreeBSD handbook has been the king of documentation for over 2 decades.