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A lot of people seem very irrationally angry at OpenBSD. Not sure why. My experience is limited, but I really liked it. Didn't end up sticking with it for very

A lot of people seem very irrationally angry at OpenBSD. Not sure why. My experience is limited, but I really liked it. Didn't end up sticking with it for very familiar reasons - lack of http3, third party shitware that it's sometimes convenient to have for work, hardware support. But as a pure OS I thought it was miles above linux. Things fit together so well. And the docs! First time I'd ever read man pages so good that I took notes. In an alternate reality, where Linux was an obscure OS and OpenBSD got all the love from third party vendors, driver writers, etc - the world would be a better place.

zippergz 4y ago
I have had good experiences with OpenBSD, but I will say that every interaction I've had with Theo has left a bad taste in my mouth, so sometimes I might seem angry...
- jmconfuzeus 4y ago
  Should have asked him to drink pineapple juice before the meeting.
RajT88 4y ago
> A lot of people seem very irrationally angry at OpenBSD. Not sure why. Could it be because NetApp builds products with it?
- denkmoon 4y ago
  Why would that be a bad thing? (I am not familiar with netapp)
- fyver 4y ago
  Netapp's firmware is based on FreeBSD, not OpenBSD.
doublepg23 4y ago
I do enjoy using OpenBSD from time to time but it’s clearly an OS developed first and foremost for OBSD devs. This is a fine state of affairs but it’s hard thinking of a good application for it beyond tinkering.
- hestefisk 4y ago
  Really? How about router, web server, mail server, daily driver on my laptop? OpenBSD rocks man.
  - doublepg23 4y ago
    I wrote about it up thread but without a file system I can rely on using it on a router, web server and mail server - do people really bother running mail servers nowadays? - are disqualified. I don't even think it's a "well if you have good backups that doesn't matter" (cattle, not pets etc.) it doesn't have ZFS/btrfs style snapshotting which is massive step back in how I think of backups. The release cadence, upgrade cycle and speed also leave me scratching my head for actual production. I did enjoy running it on my Lemote as a curiosity, but that port is dead now...my favourite part was the variety of arches it officially supported. Again, as I stated in my comment, it's made for OpenBSD devs and that's fine - I hope they continue developing.
midislack 4y ago
Afther Theo called out the Iraq invasion, official FUD became government policy.
- HeckFeck 4y ago
  No good deed goes unpunished, especially thanks to the reach of the modern state.

zippergz 4y ago

I have had good experiences with OpenBSD, but I will say that every interaction I've had with Theo has left a bad taste in my mouth, so sometimes I might seem angry...

jmconfuzeus 4y ago
Should have asked him to drink pineapple juice before the meeting.

RajT88 4y ago

> A lot of people seem very irrationally angry at OpenBSD. Not sure why. Could it be because NetApp builds products with it?

denkmoon 4y ago
Why would that be a bad thing? (I am not familiar with netapp)
fyver 4y ago
Netapp's firmware is based on FreeBSD, not OpenBSD.

doublepg23 4y ago

I do enjoy using OpenBSD from time to time but it’s clearly an OS developed first and foremost for OBSD devs. This is a fine state of affairs but it’s hard thinking of a good application for it beyond tinkering.

hestefisk 4y ago
Really? How about router, web server, mail server, daily driver on my laptop? OpenBSD rocks man.
- doublepg23 4y ago
  I wrote about it up thread but without a file system I can rely on using it on a router, web server and mail server - do people really bother running mail servers nowadays? - are disqualified. I don't even think it's a "well if you have good backups that doesn't matter" (cattle, not pets etc.) it doesn't have ZFS/btrfs style snapshotting which is massive step back in how I think of backups. The release cadence, upgrade cycle and speed also leave me scratching my head for actual production. I did enjoy running it on my Lemote as a curiosity, but that port is dead now...my favourite part was the variety of arches it officially supported. Again, as I stated in my comment, it's made for OpenBSD devs and that's fine - I hope they continue developing.

midislack 4y ago

Afther Theo called out the Iraq invasion, official FUD became government policy.

HeckFeck 4y ago
No good deed goes unpunished, especially thanks to the reach of the modern state.