Hello based people of lemmy,

I have recently started trying out BSDs as an alternative to Linux and found out that Spotify isn’t supported. Before you say try it in a browser this doesn’t work as spotify has DRM that doesn’t work on BSD OSes.

Now is there a way to stream music similar to Spotify? I know there is a downloader program available.

Furthermore do you know what self-hosted options are available? I already have a basic *arr stack and am always up for convoluted server and Linux hijinks.

  • amiganAEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I use Arch too. I’ve been using FreeBSD for 21 years, though. I run everything on it, even this Lemmy instance.

    • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Okay I will probably move to FreeBSD proper eventually. I am still new to this though and likely to break things. I don’t want to have to go through a whole process every time I mess up to get a usable working system until I actually know what I am doing.

      • amiganAEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Install on ZFS root, snapshot a known good, then you can rollback as you wish.

        • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Yeah this might be the way. I have created a FreeBSD current USB drive to install off of. I am thinking the newer slightly less stable version has less GPU issues as that seems to be the main factor.

          • amiganAEnglish
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            5 months ago

            That almost certainly untrue. Do not run CURRENT, it has INVARIANTS and WITNESS enabled that will make it painfully slow.

            • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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              5 months ago

              That’s good to know. Is there also a way to suppress error messages in the installer? They fill the whole screen from one repeating message and I can’t actually install it because of that.

              • amiganAEnglish
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                5 months ago

                Again, it is because you are using CURRENT. Don’t use it.

                  • amiganAEnglish
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                    5 months ago

                    To what? Provide the error message and stop asking to be spoonfed? And you can hit ^L to make the install refresh the screen like with any curses program, fyi.

                • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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                  5 months ago

                  Did I say CURRENT? I meant STABLE. Which is weird because shouldn’t something called stable be the version you release, but release is a separate one. It’s confusing.

                  • amiganAEnglish
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                    5 months ago

                    You need to read the handbook before you start spouting judgments about the releng process.

                    STABLE is cut from CURRENT. RELEASE is cut from STABLE.

    • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Out of curiosity what do you use Linux for and what do you use FreeBSD for? Do you use FreeBSD as a desktop or only as a server?

      • amiganAEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Linux on laptops, and certain other servers (TV headend/DVR, APCO P25 SDRtrunk host), and video transfer workstation. FreeBSD on any other servers, routers, and workstations, including my home automation controller (I maintain a fork of Home Assistant for FreeBSD).