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Idk why people would downvote, but I don't agree that OpenBSD ships with little. In fact, I find it to be full of useful tools; it's very much a "batteries inc
by clarry 6y ago
Idk why people would downvote, but I don't agree that OpenBSD ships with little. In fact, I find it to be full of useful tools; it's very much a "batteries included, complete operating system" (as opposed to many small/minimalistic linux distros that really have you go through the pain of having to install every little thing you might need). It's small but not minimalistic. It's small but they managed to pack a ton of useful functionality in small size. And that's what I love about it; the rest of the world seems to be very fixated on extremes.
- pacija 6y agoAgreed. It includes a huge set of tools needed by admins dealing with fundamental stuff such as routing and firewalling. I guess people bashing it are more into higher application layers. Having pf, bgpd, ospfd, isakmpd etc. included in base for systems I administer are crucial for my daily tasks, while I couldn't care less for node.js. But application developers not dealing with network stuff probably have the opposite needs. It's not about "which OS is better" but about "which tool is appropriate for the job".