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[โ€“] [email protected] 66 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Some people purchase a phone based on looks, some for customization, others for specific apps, some it comes just down to what they can afford

I can come up with strong reasons to use Window or MacOS as your primary desktop os. IOS or Android as your phone OS. Windows / Linux / BSD for a server or appliance OS.

If someone thinks one size fits all THEY are the ones that should not be trusted in terms of tech insights.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I can't think of on3 scenario that windows is the best option for a server. I mean unless its its a virtual desktop for a thin client but still usually would run that in a Linux vm

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

can't think of on3 scenario that windows is the best option for a server.

There are plenty of enterprise scenarios: eg an AD server for Windows clients, a DFS server, or servers to run certain Windows-only applications such as SCCM etc.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So windows is the right option only when it's the only one

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

BSD has a very narrow set of benefits over Linux based systems I could say the same for BSD which mostly amounts to network appliances / firewalls these days. I would say NAS but Even trueNAS is moving toward linux.

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