I’ve added this blog because I’m going to start transitioning more of my computers to FreeBSD and/or NetBSD. One of my main reasons for changing is because it looks like the BSDs will retain better support for older hardware than Linux will moving forward.
One of the ironies is that the desktop-oriented BSD forks like PC-BSD are focusing squarely on bleeding-edge hardware and including Beryl by default. That leaves a void for those of us who want to use functional hardware we already own without having to buy more hardware just to stay current.
I’ve been tinkering with some of my ideas I implemented in various DSL remasters and am considering using FreeBSD in a similar fashion. I think a similarly-minded bloat-free project aimed at supporting older hardware could fill a niche (especially if DSL will move on and abandon older hardware). I don’t know if I’ll end up releasing anything yet because I really don’t care to have to support my own source repository for GPL compliance. Freedom has a price when FSF has lawyers to feed.
