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MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow (itsfoss.com)
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MidnightBSD, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system, has quietly updated its README to reflect a new geographic restriction. The project has added a clause that bars residents of any country, state, or territory with OS-level age verification mandates from using MidnightBSD

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

Genuinely asking, why would you use FreeBSD when there already is Linux?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    "Linux" is like 12 different software projects in a trench coat. Like people in a trenchcoat, the whole thing falls apart if one of them goes missing. The BSDs (and most other sane operating systems, for that matter) are a monolith developed together for each other

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