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FreeBSD you mean. OpenBSD and NetBSD are still simple. You can realistically read the entire source code of OpenBSD, compile it, and know exactly what's on you
by zelly 7y ago
FreeBSD you mean. OpenBSD and NetBSD are still simple.
You can realistically read the entire source code of OpenBSD, compile it, and know exactly what's on your computer front to back. To do the same with Linux is a research project.
- skissane 7y ago> You can realistically read the entire source code of OpenBSD, compile it, and know exactly what's on your computer front to back. To do the same with Linux is a research project. openbsd/src is over 17,000 *.c files with over 3 million lines of code
- nineteen999 7y agoThat's just a light weekends reading for your average testicle in an eggcup.
- majewsky 7y ago> and know exactly what's on your computer front to back That's assuming you read all that firmware code already...
- edgyquant 7y agoI don't mean just FreeBSD, being quite a bit smaller than Linux is still a gigantic, 30 year old, codebase. You can not realistically read through the entire openbsd codebase unless you spend a decade at it