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Eh, it takes 5-10 minutes to install OpenBSD, it's very straightforward. The installer requires little more than tapping return a few times and entering a root
by clarry 7y ago
Eh, it takes 5-10 minutes to install OpenBSD, it's very straightforward. The installer requires little more than tapping return a few times and entering a root password & optional user at some point. I've yet to see a Linux distro that is so fast and simple to install.
- hal-9-000 7y agoProbably Slackware. Quite similar to OpenBSD although I did have a hard time with driver support. But if I remember correctly, installation was blazing fast and you'd get a barebone system up and running in no time.
- smhenderson 7y agoTotally agree. I recently moved away from Debian after using it and OpenBSD for various things both at home and work. After trying a few different distros I gave Slackware a try because I had used it years and years ago. I bought a book, think around 1995, that came with Slackware on a CDROM so it was my first experience with Linux. I was pleasantly reminded how much Slackware still resembles BSD in how it configures things and it's emphasis on a minimal install that can be added to as needed. Other than new apps, a few improvements and, of course, updated hardware support Slackware has changed surprisingly little since I used it in 1995! Patrick Volkerding is a great maintainer and I really appreciate his efforts over the past few decades!
- yellowapple 7y agoSlackware's certainly fast to install once you've gotten past partitioning, but partitioning is one of the things Slackware intentionally does not do for you in the installer. OpenBSD's a bit easier in that regard.
- paulryanrogers 7y agoThis depends on what you need out of it. I found it difficult to install despite being somewhat technical at the time. My goal was a secure desktop install.
- b3lvedere 7y agoThank you for your answer. I'll try it on some old laptop.