commit 7745b16ebc7217938db2fcc703af04dbc5cc6edf
parent b8d4b4ef0744ecd55daeacbe9b845da9784a57c2
Author: Jake Bauer <jbauer@paritybit.ca>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 00:07:28 -0400
Add Likes and Dislikes page
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+## Likes and Dislikes
+
+[//]: # "Things that I like and dislike, with reasons explaining why."
+
+[//]: # "main.min.css"
+
+[//]: #
+
+This is my page of opinions. Here I detail what I like, what I dislike, and why.
+
+### Things I Like
+
+These are things that I have had good experiences with, respect, donate to, or
+things I think are especially important.
+
+#### Tech
+
+* **Seasonic/EVGA PSUs**: Consistently high quality PSUs that are designed and
+ perform well. Worth every penny they cost to not have to worry about the
+ reliability of one of the most important components in a desktop system.
+
+* **Noctua Coolers/Fans**: Consistently high quality products with one of the
+ best mounting systems in the industry. They're a company that respects
+ both their customers and employees, and are also worth every penny.
+
+* **Logitech Mice**: I have owned a G420 and an MX Ergo, and both have been
+ fantastic with no issues. They are solid and reliable input devices that
+ have never caused me frustration.
+
+* **Skullcandy Earbuds**: The only pairs of earbuds that I have ever purchased
+ which have lasted longer than a handful of months. They are also the
+ ones that sit most comfortably and securely in my ears, and I like the
+ sound profile.
+
+* **ElementaryOS**: A project with design as its number one priority. They are
+ creating a beautiful, usable, easy-to-recommend Linux distribution. While
+ they aren't perfect and still have a number of issues, I think they're an
+ important project to keep an eye on.
+
+* **Fedora Linux**: The only Linux distribution I've tried which well and truly
+ gets out of my way, doesn't break, and doesn't require a ton of fiddling
+ for basic things. It's the _only_ Linux distribution I've tried which
+ allowed me to print _and_ scan with my hplip-supported HP printer out of
+ the box.
+
+* **OpenBSD**: I love the philosophy and development practices of the
+ developers. They are a model for anybody in software development because
+ of their focus on security, documentation, clean code, and not bending
+ to the will of every person who wants their special features in the OS.
+ They build what they want for themselves, and they do a damn good job.
+
+#### Non-Tech
+
+* **Leuchtturm1917 Journals**: Consistently high quality paper, features, and
+ bindings with hard covers that are available in multiple colours. The
+ paper is also one of my most favourite to write on.
+
+* **Copycentre/Anti-Copyright Licenses**: Licenses which are simple, easy to
+ understand for everyone, and don't place undue burden on developers or
+ users. My preferred licenses are: the Unlicense, CC0, the
+ ISC/MIT/BSD-2-clause Licenses, and CC-BY.
+
+### Things I Dislike
+
+These are things I have either had bad experiences with or dislike after either
+doing research on them or hearing about experiences from reputable sources.
+
+#### Tech
+
+* **Dell Prebuilt PCs**: In recent years, Dell has become notorious for
+ attempting to scam customers into various support contracts. They also
+ design very bad systems with proprietary components that end up as
+ e-waste after a few years. Avoid if you can.
+
+* **Busybox**: Added [awful, disgusting, abhorrent code](https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=405095d84b1f3be17efb4e10d87d480bd054877f)
+ to one of their utilities all to [avoid having someone's name and
+ copyright](http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2019-April/087229.html)
+ associated with the project.
+
+* **Copyleft Licenses**: They utterly fail at their stated goal, instead
+ reinforcing copyright as a tool to get one's way and protect one's
+ "intellectual property". This results in much more hassle for developers
+ with no true real-world gain compared to anti-copyright or copycentre
+ licenses. Read [A Critique of Free
+ Software](/a-critique-of-free-software) for more on this topic.
+
+* **"Ethical" Licenses**: Licenses that attempt to control how one can use
+ software without any real basis in law or reality. They are, practically,
+ just proprietary source-available licenses that don't achieve anything
+ meaningful.
+
+* **FSF/OSI**: Organizations that place themselves in the position of deciding
+ what is and isn't an "approved license". Not only are they run by people
+ famous for bikeshedding and doing next to nothing actually useful for
+ the industry (remember the FSF sending a hard drive to Microsoft telling
+ them to put the Windows 7 source code on it?), they can't even make
+ consistent decisions about the licenses they approve (e.g. the SSPL is
+ just a stronger AGPL, but they both call it "non-free").
diff --git a/pages/uses.md b/pages/uses.md
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
This page is for those who are curious about the programs and equipment I use to
get work done. It is inspired by [uses.tech](https://uses.tech/). You can also
-check out [how I name my computers](https://www.paritybit.ca/hostnames).
+check out [how I name my computers](/hostnames), and the
+[things I like and dislike](/+-)
### Software
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ applications which you can check out on the [old software page](/software). Now
I just use what comes with the system (for the most part) and I get on with my
work.
+On my servers I mainly use OpenBSD, though my NAS and primary home server run
+FreeBSD to take advantage of ZFS and jails. I also use Debian when an
+application doesn't work well or doesn't have straightforward installation steps
+on the BSDs.
+
### Hardware
#### My Main PC
