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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.






  • Awesome. Related:

    I really want to try a paper terminal experience, mainly to experience using a line-based text editor to see how having printed output (which you can tear off and keep on your desk for reference) differs from doing it in a scrolling terminal.

    However I don’t want to deal with vintage analog hardware. I tried looking for modern-ish line-based printers and such but couldn’t find anything that could legibly output characters as you type them. Any tips?