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Random question regarding OpenBSD: I'm curious why you suggested OpenBSD vs Linux? I read through your linked "OpenBSD : why and how" [1] article - as well as
by digdugdirk 3y ago
Random question regarding OpenBSD:
I'm curious why you suggested OpenBSD vs Linux? I read through your linked "OpenBSD : why and how" [1] article - as well as the secondary linked article from that page [2] - and couldn't help but notice how many of the reasons listed were reasons why not to use OpenBSD. More than that, the limitations (while I do understand the value of doing simple things well) of the system seem highly constraining.
Do you use OpenBSD for all your devices, all the time? Or is it more of a thing where OpenBSD serves your needs perfectly for some smaller subset of what a "computer" is, and for everything else you have a separate device to fill those needs? (An ipad/macbook for media consumption, a home server for handling media related tasks, etc.)
Love the general sentiment behind the article, btw. The OpenBSD thing just really stood out to me as I read through it.
[1] - https://sive.rs/openbsd https://sive.rs/openbsd
[2] - https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-06-22-openbsd-selling-arguments.html https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-06-22-openbsd-selling-arg...
- sivers 3y agoI use OpenBSD for basically everything: laptop, desktop, server. It's been my server OS since 1999. I play with other OSs and come back to the solid simplicity of OpenBSD. I chose OpenBSD for https://sive.rs/ti https://sive.rs/ti because of its simplicity and security, and that it has the mailserver and webserver built-in.