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MS Office is just one of many applications that I need to use. I use loads of EDA tools that either only exists for Windows, or Linux. I have been a user of Li
by JoachimS 8y ago
MS Office is just one of many applications that I need to use. I use loads of EDA tools that either only exists for Windows, or Linux.
I have been a user of LibreOffice since it was called StarOffice. It is dog slow, still has an ugly UI, crashes etc. But for many things it has been and is good enough. (and keeps getting better). Unfortunately, customers wants to use Word-specific files, Excel-specific files with macros and whatnot that just don't work in Libre. Google does not handle these files correctly either. It is not a fault of these alternatives, but a world where people don't realize that they are being locked in. They use the features of the tools they have to solve their problems.
(I guess this became a bit off-tangent)
- enriquto 8y agoIn your situation, then, you'll be happy by running openbsd in a virtual machine from your windows.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- JoachimS 8y agoMacOS actually. In which I have Windows in a VM (and a few Linux versions), which works really well. The MacOS BSD userland is something I use extensively. But when the next laptop update cycle comes I can't see myself getting a new MBP. So what I was hoping to do, and the reason for asking about the state of running VMs in OpenBSD is of course to use it as the main OS, and run the other OSes I need to use in VM. Basically as I do today. I would be close to home in terms if userland experience and gfet good (better) security. BTW: I found this presentation by Mike Larkin from March 2018 about the state of vmm: https://www.openbsd.org/papers/asiabsdcon2018-vmm-slides.pdf https://www.openbsd.org/papers/asiabsdcon2018-vmm-slides.pdf
- JoachimS 8y agoApart from the fun and learning experience, I don't really see a point in running OpenBSD in a VM. In fact I have a OpenBSD 6.3 in a VM today. Playing around with pledge has been very interesting.