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I see people talking about doas saying it's just like sudo but with less features. I'm just wondering if there is any situation where you should use doas or if it's just personal preference.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

doas, afaik, was originally made for FreeBSD, so some of its features aren't compatible with/haven't been implemented for Linux. That may or may not be an important issue for you to consider.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

OpenBSD actually, but close