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I use it for servers because of the stability. For me, that's the key differentiating factor. I set a server up and it will keep running indefinitely, with easy

I use it for servers because of the stability. For me, that's the key differentiating factor. I set a server up and it will keep running indefinitely, with easy sysupgrade, syspatch, and updates. I haven't had that same experience with Linux servers. Rock solid foundation with ease of use and administration is great.

endorphine 4y ago
I'm surprised to hear there's something more stable than Debian. Do you have any examples to share where Debian/Linux broke during upgrades?
- krageon 4y ago
  If you run any (Debian-derived) system for more than 5 years, you will run into plenty of these issues. They're always subtly different (the thing that breaks is not the same), but it will absolutely break somehow.
- gjadi 4y ago
  For me it's the ease of management and good documentation. For example, during 6.8 to 6.9 upgrade, there was a major postgresql upgrade. It is mentioned in the doc https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade69.html https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade69.html (see Special packages at the bottom). You're redirected to the package README with special instructions on how to setup and upgrade: https://github.com/openbsd/ports/blob/master/databases/postgresql/pkg/README-server#L87 https://github.com/openbsd/ports/blob/master/databases/postg... Et voilà, everything is explained. On debian, if I am not careful, I'll do an upgrade and risk breaking something during a db migration (I'm looking at you MySQL upgrades...).