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Thing is, they say “Read the FAQ” - and if you actually do read and follow the FAQ then you can do what you want 99% of the time. For example, couldn’t access
by implements 4y ago
Thing is, they say “Read the FAQ” - and if you actually do read and follow the FAQ then you can do what you want 99% of the time.
For example, couldn’t access the internet using WiFi and wired Ethernet at the same time - spent hours fiddling about, trying to make both adapters ‘egress’ - couldn’t do it. Then … remembered the FAQ:
Networking -> Wireless -> Trunking a Wireless Adapter
- there it was.
For a broader understanding there’s always:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_OpenBSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_OpenBSD
- aspyct 4y agoYes. And then when you ask why the X11 server is bundled by default, even on a headless install, that's not in the FAQ, and they get very defensive about it... What I'm saying is: it's probably a great OS with great documentation, but the community isn't welcoming at all.
- mburee 4y agoCan't you just not select the X-related file sets during installation?
- aspyct 4y agoNo, and apparently it's for a good reason, but don't ask why.
- sarnowski 4y agoYou absolutely can and if you know that you don’t install software that needs it, there is no reason to install X during installation.
- aspyct 4y agoThat's not the answer I got on their IRC a few years back.
- enriquto 4y agoSo, a random person on #openbsd once said you to RTFM and you are still salty a few years after? My (also anecdotal) experience with the openbsd community is very positive, so here's that.
- aspyct 4y agoI wouldn't waste a second writing about it if it happened only once.
- ninjin 4y ago#openbsd on Libera is unofficial last time I checked. The only official communication channel would be misc@ for a question such as this.
- daneel_w 4y ago"They" don't have an "IRC". #openbsd on Freenode/Libera is an unofficial venue. The channel isn't endorsed by the project or the foundation. In some moments you run into friendly people, and in other moments you run into angry people. It's not an OpenBSD thing. As someone who has been a regular in #openbsd for some 20 years I will assure that it's mostly friendly and helpful.
- sarnowski 4y agoThere are packages like image libraries, Java etc that rely on X11 libraries. The safe default is to have it around. You can always choose to not install all X* packages. In fact, for a server oftentimes you don’t need more than the base package (you barely need a compiler either or games).
- aspyct 4y agoAgain, not saying it's a bad choice. Just saying the community is not welcoming.
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- e12e 4y ago> And then when you ask why the X11 server is bundled by default, even on a headless install, that's not in the FAQ https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#FilesNeeded https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#FilesNeeded > New users are recommended to install all of them. > Some libraries from xbase72.tgz, like freetype or fontconfig, can be used outside of X by programs that manipulate text or graphics. Such programs will usually need fonts, either from xfont72.tgz or font packages. For the sake of simplicity, the developers decided against maintaining a minimal xbase72.tgz set that would allow most non-X ports to run. On a server, you need x11 clients and xauth, if you want to run x11 programs via ssh x11 forwarding.
- Zurrrrr 4y ago> New users are recommended to install all of them. That's kind of bullshit though. If someone has plenty of experience with *nix OSs then OBSD isn't that strange, and a 'new' user asking a reasonable question should not be greeting with attitude.
- sarnowski 4y agoYes, there is a dedicated question for how to do a full disk encryption: https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html It’s 3 commands to type in that are explained and that will work as is in most cases.
- aspyct 4y ago"As is in most cases" And then there are the other cases. Then you ask the community. And again, not welcoming etc.