On Thursday,  7 March 2024 at  1:47:26 -0500, Jeffry R. Abramson wrote:
>
> I eventually reverted back to Linux because it was clear that the
> user community was getting much larger, I was using it
> professionally at work and there was just a larger range of
> applications available.  Lately, I find myself getting tired of the
> bloat and how big and messy and complicated it has all gotten.
> Thinking of looking for something simpler and was just wondering
> what do other old timers use for their primary home computing needs?

I'm surprised how few of the responders use BSD.  My machines all
(currently) run FreeBSD, with the exception of a Microsoft box
(distress.lemis.com) that I use remotely for photo processing.  I've
tried Linux (used to work developing Linux kernel code), but I
couldn't really make friends with it.  It sounds like our reasons are
similar.

More details:

1977-1984:  CP/M, 86-DOS
1984-1990:  MS-DOS
1991-1992:  Inactive UNIX
1992-1997:  BSD/386, BSD/OS
1997-now:   FreeBSD

Greg
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