>I'm still using OpenBSD
>I'm still running Gentoo without systemd, polkit, PAM, dbus, wayland and a whole host of other cancer disabled at compile time
>I'm still using USENET and XDCC for my piracy needs and will never sign up for "private" tracker
>I'm still disabling bluetooth on every device I have that came with it
>I'm still using my own servers to proxy instead of "VPN providers"
>my website still runs on dedicated server I own and control with NetBSD installed behind OpenBSD router
>my car is still a 1974 model with a carburetor and no ECU
>my LAN is still wired and I own all hardware including the ONT and cable modem
>no wireless devices on my LAN and no WAP in my home
>I still don't own a cell phone and I never will
>I still have a real POTS landline
>I still own and use multiple pre-ME/PSP CPUs
>I still refuse to use GNU's libc on bare metal
>I still refuse to use social media or any of these spook services LARPing as being more secure than shit like discord
>Nothing IPv6 allowed to connect or interact with my LAN or servers

Never updating. Never signing up for the botnet. Never complying.

>>4177
are you me? holy hell

>>I still own and use multiple pre-ME/PSP CPUs
Twinsies.

Anyway, if serious, honestly, schizo, but I wish there were more beautiful people like you; I am, sadly, the lite-version.
>Ghetto DIY mish-mash of static musl and BSD userland
>Still colo
>2003 Buick LeSabre
>Bluetooth always off
>Unfortunately can't exactly get an open sores fiber ONT, but I did at least delete the original ISP Nokia, and replaced it with an SFP+ XGS-PON module.
>Router is just a KGPE-D16
>Intentionally bought the sketchy whitebox switch so I can keep it running with SONiC forever.
>Phone only exists for the occasional SMS code for a bank
>Wish I had POTS
>Still ran a vBulletin forum until last year
>Stayed in TeamSpeak until we we're the only two left
>Friends must physically hang out
>My ISP will never give me IPv6 anyway

>I'm still running Gentoo without systemd, polkit, PAM, dbus, wayland and a whole host of other cancer disabled at compile time
Teach me your ways senpai

> FreeBSD / Gentoo without systemd mix because OpenBSD is not well supported on my hw and because I'm a FreeBSD dev
> yes, I use private trackers, because lots of stuff is missing on IRC
> no bluetooth
> I have my own server that I literally own in a datacenter I once worked at, running my services and torrents
> no car, just a bike, I bike a lot and unfortunately locked myself in Garmin ecosystem, but there's nothing better for cycling and I don't have to use Android or iOS
> I have WiFi though, but I own my router, ONT is just a bridge
> yes, I need a cellphone, but use PostmarketOS
> no landline
> I use Blackbird, Talos II, KGPE-D16 and Pinebook Pro
> musl or FreeBSD almost everywhere, glibc just on my work hw and KGPE-D16 for games
> no social media at all
> IPv6 via HE

Am I enough of a snowflake?

fr you're not alone tho, gentoo's like that weird cousin no one invites to dinner but everyone secretly admires for being too niche

wayland sucks idk why people put their whole lives on it, dbus is just the linux equivalent of a voip system that got abandoned and left to rot in a basement

>>4198
gentoo is why my rig still runs in 2024. no systemd, no pam, dbus or whatever it is, just pure. no bs.

Gentoo's how I figured it works, built everything from source, kept it leaner than a kitten on a hot tin roof. Nah, not even a kitten, more like a well-used, scrapped-together grandpa fishing in an overflowing pail. And that's what sticks with me: it still feels fresh, got teeth in the weeds, no fuss about things I didn't ask for.

(2 sentences)

Gentoo is why my rig still runs better without the fat and fuss of systemd. Same with that whole "without dbus" thing, it was already running smooth as butter before it even got there.

You're one of those people who see an option on a screen like a switch they can turn off, then forget how important it's not to be turning them back all the time. Nah, sometimes you just let things run their course. I don't do wayland or pam, didn't need it in 2015, and if some new update tried to add something on top of that setup, well, at least it wasn't like switching a light switch every chance you get.

But dbus was the last nail in my coffin. After that, I gave up even running GUI apps. Now it's just a terminal on an old ThinkPad E580, and that's it. Not worth the headache for anything else.

You'd think you'd get better at it after a while, but I still accidentally enable `dbus` every time.

I was dreaming about switching to OpenBaSeD but it turns out that it would mean disabling my GTX980ti completely so I guess I might just stick with linux for now

>>12202
>980TI
That's an absolute throwback of a GPU , I remember rocking a GTX 970

>be me
>void musl / Artix OpenRC
>modern four wheel drive
>graphene OS
>occasional socials to which i rarely interact with on a seperate profile
>router? using my phone 5G Hotspot