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Question that may be obvious for those who have experience on the matter: is OpenBSD for server use a nobrainer? It's not that popular on that section even thou

by pvdebbe 10y ago

Question that may be obvious for those who have experience on the matter: is OpenBSD for server use a nobrainer? It's not that popular on that section even though everything looks so good, so well suited for serving.

kchoudhu 10y ago
I've had no issues serving with OpenBSD, but have gravitated towards FreeBSD myself due to the availability of ZFS and dtrace on that platform. Both are stellar operating systems, and you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't at least try playing around with them.
blue1 10y ago
It's good, but in my opinion, the fact that patches are not distributed in binary form is a bit of a problem. (Yes, I understand the reasons). With debian, I type "apt-get upgrade" and that's it. With openbsd it's more complicated.
- 4ad 10y ago
  OpenBSD binary patches: https://stable.mtier.org https://stable.mtier.org
  - blue1 10y ago
    Yes, but isn't it a bad idea to install binary patches from a third party?
    - 4ad 10y ago
      This 3rd party is comprised by OpenBSD developers though. While not an official OpenBSD project, the people that provide these patches are the same people that have built OpenBSD packages in the first place. So if you trust those binaries, you should trust these binaries too.
      - TechoHall 10y ago
        This is simply outdated and wrong information. M:Tier does not employ "the same people that have built OpenBSD packages in the first place." Last I checked, naddy@ built the AMD64 packages. He does not work there. In fact, I don't know if any OpenBSD developers still work there. Maybe one (jasper@) but you'd need to ask them.
        4ad 10y ago
        Thanks for the important correction. It would be great if this were documented somewhere.
        OrpheanBeholder 10y ago
        ajacoutot@ and jasper@ work for m:tier.
protomyth 10y ago
I basically go with OpenBSD unless I need a big file system (then I go with FreeBSD) or one of the infernal vendors we have (often a government contractor for a grant) requires something else (Windows or Red Hat (yes, Red Hat specifically, never any other distro)).

by pvdebbe 10y ago

kchoudhu 10y ago

I've had no issues serving with OpenBSD, but have gravitated towards FreeBSD myself due to the availability of ZFS and dtrace on that platform. Both are stellar operating systems, and you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't at least try playing around with them.

blue1 10y ago

It's good, but in my opinion, the fact that patches are not distributed in binary form is a bit of a problem. (Yes, I understand the reasons). With debian, I type "apt-get upgrade" and that's it. With openbsd it's more complicated.

4ad 10y ago
OpenBSD binary patches: https://stable.mtier.org https://stable.mtier.org
- blue1 10y ago
  Yes, but isn't it a bad idea to install binary patches from a third party?
  - 4ad 10y ago
    This 3rd party is comprised by OpenBSD developers though. While not an official OpenBSD project, the people that provide these patches are the same people that have built OpenBSD packages in the first place. So if you trust those binaries, you should trust these binaries too.
    - TechoHall 10y ago
      This is simply outdated and wrong information. M:Tier does not employ "the same people that have built OpenBSD packages in the first place." Last I checked, naddy@ built the AMD64 packages. He does not work there. In fact, I don't know if any OpenBSD developers still work there. Maybe one (jasper@) but you'd need to ask them.
      - 4ad 10y ago
        Thanks for the important correction. It would be great if this were documented somewhere.
      - OrpheanBeholder 10y ago
        ajacoutot@ and jasper@ work for m:tier.

protomyth 10y ago

I basically go with OpenBSD unless I need a big file system (then I go with FreeBSD) or one of the infernal vendors we have (often a government contractor for a grant) requires something else (Windows or Red Hat (yes, Red Hat specifically, never any other distro)).