At work I mainly use open source software. And unfortunately, I see that projects that have been taken over by large corporations are slowly ceasing to be libertarian.

Not so long ago, open source was associated with something that was supposed to replace paid software and that, above all, offered choice. Unfortunately, watching the development of e.g. systemd, I have the impression that we are giving away this freedom.

Changing the management method from KISS to easy for new admins causes problems with operation on many levels. More than once I have solved problems that did not exist on systems with SysVinit or runit. The famous words "automation" and "cost reduction" have created this pathology. To this day, I use systems such as Ubuntu or Debian at work, but I see new versions becoming uniform with other Linux distributions.

Is it wrong? In my opinion, yes. Previously, each system was different, now they practically behave the same bad...

I will just write... DNS resolvers in systemd :)

There are still systems left uncontaminated by the mainstream. But they are also not popular among the general public because they are considered to be heavy and have problems with drivers.

At the moment, I use several systems for personal projects.

- FreeBSD

- OpenBSD

- Artix

- Debian 10

BSD are great systems with really good documentation. So far I haven't found any problems with drivers or stability. But maybe it's because I read the documentation :) Of course, some things are completely different than Linux, but the longer I spend on these systems, the more I appreciate the work of the people who take care of them.

I use Artix as a work system on my laptop. It performs well for my requirements. There were some strange errors, but I managed to deal with them. For servers and VMs it uses Debian and *BSD, they are perfect for this role. The choice of system really depends on the role, some things work better out-of-box in one than in the other.

This post is not technical, but maybe someday I will add examples that made me think so.