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[โ€“] killingspark 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't there value in niche projects? If we just had freebsd it wouldn't cover all the usecases there are and it shouldn't. Niche usecases sometimes need niche software

[โ€“] Mettled@reddthat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

NetBSD does work for toasters, coffee machines, and fridges, absolutely!