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OpenBSD Webzine Issue #2

128 points by hucste 5y ago

messo 5y ago
I have little experience with OpenBSD, but this webzine reveals a playful community that have piqued my interest. A great way to mark important releases :)
- binkHN 5y ago
  Then you might be pleased to know that OpenBSD also releases artwork and a song for every release!
  - hyproxia 5y ago
    Not always.
- foxfluff 5y ago
  Playful indeed. https://playonbsd.com/ https://playonbsd.com/ There's a nice small community of OpenBSD gamers. :)
enriquto 5y ago
> To play the first notes of Bach's prelude in C minor (BWV 934) (transposed to A minor to ease the writing), you need two OpenBSD boxes with beepers, and pipe the two following strings on /dev/speaker on both computers at the exact same time. (...) Hahahah, who writes this thing? It is lovely!
- raspbeguy 5y ago
  I wrote this, glad you like it!
  - HeckFeck 5y ago
    Little trinkets like these give me hope that computing isn't lost to the hands of dullards and bugmen!
mlang23 5y ago
This brings back fond memories. When I came back from CCC Camp 2003, OpenBSD got me interested. So I gave it a try, and had a real fun time in the ensuing 12 months. The simplicity, pretty good docs and the installer ("Do you want to edit /etc/hosts with ed now?") got me really hooked. I eventually didnt make it away from Linux for several reasons, but I still miss playing with OpenBSD. It felt so right and unbloated, something I cant say about Linux anymore these days.
- deleted 5y ago
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- foxfluff 5y ago
  Does Alpine Linux feel bloated too?
  - mlang23 5y ago
    No idea, never tried. I went from SuSE straight to Debian, and haven't bothered to check any other distros out since.
    - foxfluff 5y ago
      Well, if you ever have the time to give it a try.. Alpine is the most OpenBSD-like Linux distro I've yet to see. Of course, it's still not OpenBSD.
      - opan 5y ago
        What about Void? It even used LibreSSL out of the box for a while.
        foxfluff 5y ago
        I'm not super fond of rolling releases. It always feels weird when people recommend Arch or Void to an OpenBSD user. OpenBSD has very nice releases with a tested & documented update process between each.
ainar-g 5y ago
This might sound like a bit of a weird question, considering that there is an ATOM feed, but is there a way to receive these by E-Mail? The format seems almost perfect for a regular-ish subscription list.
- raspbeguy 5y ago
  This is called a newsletter, and managing a newsletter asks more time and legal measures. So I cannot speak for solene, but that's not likely to happen.
- icy 5y ago
  You could possibly make use of https://rssby.email https://rssby.email for this.
icy 5y ago
I love it. OpenBSD is my end-game in terms of operating systems -- it's the only thing that fully fits in my head. And the lovely, not-so-serious community around it just makes it so much better. Thank you for doing this.

128 points by hucste 5y ago

I have little experience with OpenBSD, but this webzine reveals a playful community that have piqued my interest. A great way to mark important releases :)

binkHN 5y ago
Then you might be pleased to know that OpenBSD also releases artwork and a song for every release!
- hyproxia 5y ago
  Not always.
foxfluff 5y ago
Playful indeed. https://playonbsd.com/ https://playonbsd.com/ There's a nice small community of OpenBSD gamers. :)

enriquto 5y ago

> To play the first notes of Bach's prelude in C minor (BWV 934) (transposed to A minor to ease the writing), you need two OpenBSD boxes with beepers, and pipe the two following strings on /dev/speaker on both computers at the exact same time. (...) Hahahah, who writes this thing? It is lovely!

raspbeguy 5y ago
I wrote this, glad you like it!
- HeckFeck 5y ago
  Little trinkets like these give me hope that computing isn't lost to the hands of dullards and bugmen!

mlang23 5y ago

This brings back fond memories. When I came back from CCC Camp 2003, OpenBSD got me interested. So I gave it a try, and had a real fun time in the ensuing 12 months. The simplicity, pretty good docs and the installer ("Do you want to edit /etc/hosts with ed now?") got me really hooked. I eventually didnt make it away from Linux for several reasons, but I still miss playing with OpenBSD. It felt so right and unbloated, something I cant say about Linux anymore these days.

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foxfluff 5y ago
Does Alpine Linux feel bloated too?
- mlang23 5y ago
  No idea, never tried. I went from SuSE straight to Debian, and haven't bothered to check any other distros out since.
  - foxfluff 5y ago
    Well, if you ever have the time to give it a try.. Alpine is the most OpenBSD-like Linux distro I've yet to see. Of course, it's still not OpenBSD.
    - opan 5y ago
      What about Void? It even used LibreSSL out of the box for a while.
      - foxfluff 5y ago
        I'm not super fond of rolling releases. It always feels weird when people recommend Arch or Void to an OpenBSD user. OpenBSD has very nice releases with a tested & documented update process between each.

ainar-g 5y ago

This might sound like a bit of a weird question, considering that there is an ATOM feed, but is there a way to receive these by E-Mail? The format seems almost perfect for a regular-ish subscription list.

raspbeguy 5y ago
This is called a newsletter, and managing a newsletter asks more time and legal measures. So I cannot speak for solene, but that's not likely to happen.
icy 5y ago
You could possibly make use of https://rssby.email https://rssby.email for this.

icy 5y ago

I love it. OpenBSD is my end-game in terms of operating systems -- it's the only thing that fully fits in my head. And the lovely, not-so-serious community around it just makes it so much better. Thank you for doing this.