On 9/27/22 5:44 AM, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
If so, what can you not do on NetBSD that you can do on any other OS?
I'm pretty sure I'm going to miss DRM. What else do I have to put up
with?
I run NetBSD 9.3 on a Mac Mini 2014 using modesetting for the video in
xorg.conf since the intel causes a little tearing while using Firefox
or Thunderbird. I also have NetBSD 9.3 installed on my Lenovo x200
(yup, 2009 model) Everything work on that old laptop, including the
WiFi chip. My main "driver" is a Fedora box. I use that for Azure
stuff, it has power shell and integrates well with the latest Jetbrains
products. However I find myself doing most of my development (Python,
DJango, Postgresql and MySQL) on my NetBSD box. I am also trying
(futilely is seems) to learn Rust and that's done no the mini as well.
What works well for me:
* PyCharm CE 2021.3.3 (downloaded from Jetbrains and uses openjdk11)
* Python
* Web stuff
* Rust (learning) projects
* I have the Sourcery plugin working... it was a struggle
* Intellij CE 2021.3.2 (pkgin installed)
* Gimp for when I pretend to be creative
* Thunderbird for email
* Firefox with lastpass and ad blocker plugins and NetBSD theme
installed
* python3.10, go, node
* Hugo
* Django for web app development (python virtual environments work
great)
* rustup (Thank God I can have rustup)
* Filezilla
* Sakura for terminal. Qterminal and xfce4-terminal also work well, but
I stopped using those
* fvwm3 for a window manager
* The community is one of the most welcoming groups I've been a part
of; albeit I am mostly a lurker
What doesn't work for me due mostly due to ignorance, laziness, and
maybe lack of support
* No vscode or electron
* Pycharm Pro fails
* PyCharm 2019 is pkg installed and is old. Also has a bug. You have to
change the openjdk17 to openjdk11
* Printing can be done, but I usually struggle to get it right
* Haven't tried scanning docs yet
* The general amount of current desktop apps are lacking, for me not a
show stopper (behind FreeBSD)
* Can't get current to install on my mini, waiting for NetBSD 10 with a
worm on my tongue. That's baited (bated) breath. :)
* Sound. I love music and I love it while I code, for now Spotify is
relegated to my Fedora box
I've used XFCE, Mate, Openbox, fluxbox and ctwm but I've settled on
fvwm3.
Hope this helps.
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