Miles Fidelman said on Sun, 29 Dec 2024 09:41:30 -0500

>As someone who has long been tied to (an outdated version of) Debian,
>I too have been considering a move - though more to a very lightweight
>install and containerized everything (probably Docker).

Miles, it's very, very, VERY nice to see you here!

>It really doesn't matter that much, ultimately, my desktop is still
>Office - on multiple platforms (Mac, Windows, Android on a Samsung
>Phone)

Do you mean MS Office, or whatever office is available (e.g.
LibreOffice on Linux), or cloud based office like Office365?

>But ... I would be interested in comments on Kali vs. LFS vs. GUIX vs.
>NixOS vs. BSDs - from folks who've been there.

17 years ago (my how time flies) I tried and very much liked OpenBSD.
However, it's a matter of contention whether or not OpenBSD can
accommodate VM guests nearly as well as Linux-kernel OSes can, and
unless things have changed a lot, Docker *requires* the Linux kernel.


SteveT

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