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I installed OpenBSD on my laptop a few months ago, and the number of things that worked out of the box (screen resolution, wireless internet, touchpad) made a v
by stepvhen 10y ago
I installed OpenBSD on my laptop a few months ago, and the number of things that worked out of the box (screen resolution, wireless internet, touchpad) made a very good first impression. Since then it has yet to surprise me unpleasantly, something other *nix's were wont to do.
- sivers 10y agoSame here. I've been using OpenBSD off-and-on since version 2.9 which I think was like 1999 or 2000. I'd go switch to some new version of Linux for a while, try FreeBSD for a while, and each time I tried OpenBSD again - OMG it just works with no effort, whereas the others (besides a kitchen-sink OS like Ubuntu) would never quite get it right. Even for things where super-new Arch Linux would have trouble with the hardware, or require lots of tweaking to get Xorg working on a super-new laptop or whatever, just stick in the OpenBSD CD or USB, hit [Enter] a bunch of times for the defaults, and voila! A perfectly working base system, including X11 and all. Love love love.