> On Aug 8, 2025, at 11:44 AM, Brandon Allbery <allber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM DutchDaemon - FreeBSD Forums Administrator > <dutchdae...@freebsd.org <mailto:dutchdae...@freebsd.org>> wrote: >> (trying to see the upside) > > > As stated earlier in the thread: embedded hardware which wants as minimal a > base system as they can get away with. The flip side of the all-encompassing > base system is that it's big. And grown considerably since the early days, > making the early-days management of base a problem now. >
I have to imagine traditional server installs, which in 2025 certainly have more than enough space for base, are at least 99% of the FreeBSD universe. Perhaps those wanting it to be something else should be the ones that get "Astonished" instead of the existing users who've been on this OS for decades? Charles > -- > brandon s allbery kf8nh > allber...@gmail.com <mailto:allber...@gmail.com>
