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I don't know anyone who relies on man pages for Linux. I know a lot of people who use man pages almost exclusively for OpenBSD. Yes, they are there for system
by sverige 7y ago
I don't know anyone who relies on man pages for Linux. I know a lot of people who use man pages almost exclusively for OpenBSD.
Yes, they are there for system calls, but also for applications -- depending on your definition of end-user applications, since some of what Linux considers "end-user" are, as TFA mentions, first-class applications that ship with OpenBSD.
I don't think the differences can be resolved with copy and paste since many Linux man pages deal with programs that are very different under the hood than those with the same or similar names in OpenBSD. I also don't think it's unfair or arrogant to consider OpenBSD's man pages to be the standard of what man pages should be, btw.
Search one or two of your favorites and see for yourself:
https://man.openbsd.org https://man.openbsd.org