<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Kyle,</div><div><br></div><div>I know I'm responding late but I would like to share my experience as well.</div><div><br></div><div>I have personally been using FreeBSD both on my home computer (for at least a couple of years) and work laptop (for more than that) and have had an excellent desktop experience so far (videoconferencing, firefox, chromium, libreoffice and a "chromium linux browser" - useful for things like Netflix ecc. - thanks to FreeBSD's optional binary compatibility with Linux). Coupled with ZFS which makes system upgrades and software updates feel safe I would actually consider installing the system for family members I can assist since I'm beginning to feel more and more comfortable with the system.<br></div><div><br></div><div>That said, regarding operating systems that are supposed to be more user friendly, during the presentation on Intel and opensource, which I think a few of us attended, the main speaker Katherine Druckman mentioned (if I remember correctly) that she uses a system called PureOS. Now, it is a system I have never personally used and only heard about from her talk but I find it interesting that it is one of the few systems GNU recommends (<a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html</a>) and it seems like a simple system to use and maintain: I think updates should be quite simple even though not automatic. If I were in your same situation I would personally check it out as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to hearing how it goes. I think that the problem you presented is one of the most interesting type of conversations regarding computers there can be.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Aaron<br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 11:57 PM Kyle Willett <<a href="mailto:kyle.d.willett@gmail.com" target="_blank">kyle.d.willett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks Nick!<br>
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Even though OpenBSD is probably more secure when patched than say<br>
ChromeOS Flex, Flex auto updates itself and I don't have to describe<br>
over a phone how to do pkg_add -u and how to become root with doas. I<br>
already have to do that with my mom on Xubuntu. So I guess in this<br>
case the less secure option is actually more secure? His AMD rig<br>
should get patches from Google till at least 2026 judging by their<br>
earliest EOL dates of supported devices on their website. He has<br>
agreed to let me update the system next time I'm in town in two weeks<br>
so we will see how it goes!<br>
<br>
Thanks to everyone who has given me advice! I really appreciate this<br>
group that is SEMIBUG and the, I'll say it, friends I've made in it<br>
and lessons learned!<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Kyle Willett<br>
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