> Battery life is important to me, but even more important to me is having more reliable networking, and network tools I can actually understand and use. Ever t

> Battery life is important to me, but even more important to me is having more reliable networking, and network tools I can actually understand and use. Ever tried to set a GRE tunnel in NetworkManager? I have no doubt that doing advanced network stuff is easier in OpenBSD than Linux -- but remember I was talking about average users. How often does your average desktop or laptoo user need to set up a GRE tunnel? Overall, I see your viewpoint, and I think you see mine too. OpenBSD is a more reliable OS for servers and in general headless stuff. That being said, given your optimism, I will try out OpenBSD again on a laptop.