[eth0up]

Hell of a reply. I'd definitely buy you a coffee for it.

Thanks for all the considerations.

PS: regarding throwing distros at the wall; I used the same installation of Debian for 10 years. It was my workstation and everything else. But its direction isn't mine anymore, and I gave quite a bit of thought to my choice, ie Void. FreeBSD would be in addition, not a replacement. Also, my primary needs are far more primitive than yours or what you mentioned. I mostly need something I can trust, that doesn't change for the sake of change. That and for it to be able to do basics, eg python without dependency hell, video editing, office, music/editing, caveman AI, and such. Hardly more. Oh, and freedom. That's really important.

[rollcat]

I've also been on Debian for 15 years, before switching to macOS. I had a dozen very good reasons (incl. I've finally been doing the work I've always wanted to), but the "change for the sake of change" seems kinda Apple's motto nowadays, and yes it's hella irritating. Still - for me, macOS beats any other OS in that it fits most of my needs almost exactly.

And when I want a Mac that's much simpler, I also have a TiBook! <https://www.rollc.at/posts/2024-07-02-tibook/>

> Oh, and freedom. That's really important.

The only true freedom is to do what you desire. For me, it's e.g. playing StarCraft. Yeah I can make it run on Linux under Wine. No, figuring out why it's broken again is not my idea of free time ;)