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There are some reasons for chosing OpenBSD, and it does make a quite capable desktop. It still lacks the "just works" approach of Linux distributions like Mint,
by fogihujy 6y ago
There are some reasons for chosing OpenBSD, and it does make a quite capable desktop. It still lacks the "just works" approach of Linux distributions like Mint, and the performance of lean distros like Debian.
That being said, OpenBSD has an excellent installer, amazing docs, and I did run it as a desktop for a while. Went back to Linux because I wanted to play Dwarf Fortress natively of all things. Things don't neccesarily work better with Linux, but I definitely spend less time tinkering now. Which could be a good or a bad thing depending on whom you ask.
- na85 6y agoEh, I find the docs aren't as good as people say. If your question is "where is the config file for rc located?" then sure, the manual will tell you. If your question is "what options are allowed in rc.conf and what is the syntax?" then your answer is not found in the manual page for rc but from a random Reddit post your Google search brought up.
- upofadown 6y ago>If your question is "what options are allowed in rc.conf and what is the syntax?" then your answer is not found in the manual page for rc... ... which is why you would look at the rc.conf man page for that: * https://man.openbsd.org/rc.conf https://man.openbsd.org/rc.conf
- na85 6y agoThat's nice and must have been updated. A year or two ago when playing with wireguard that wasn't in there.
- pehtis 6y agoIt first appeared in OpenBSD 2.3 in 1998: https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.3/rc.conf https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.3/rc.conf Are you sure that you checked or did you assume that it wasn't there based on you Linux experience?
- apetresc 6y agoActually, that particular man page was added in FreeBSD 2.2.5, released in 1997. It's just that a lot of people don't know man pages exist with names other than the binaries.