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OpenBSD itself is a very capable and secure, but also very clean operating system. Everything feels as if it's out of "a single mold", much unlike e.g. Linux wh
by anyfoo 3y ago
OpenBSD itself is a very capable and secure, but also very clean operating system. Everything feels as if it's out of "a single mold", much unlike e.g. Linux which is, in a sense, clearly cobbled together from many different pieces.
Changing the system is a breeze, documentation is extremely clear and detailed, and it just "doesn't get in the way".
That doesn't mean it's the OS for you. There are disadvantages with using a less common operating system, and it does require a certain mindset of liking to tinker with a UNIX-like operating system. I don't use it as a desktop OS, but for various servers.
- freeplay 3y agoMy concern is lack of support for certain things and flexibility. To be fair, I have very little knowledge of what's supported and what's not. If it help, here's 2 things I love about Linux: 1. The dev experience. This is obvious. Great package managers, native container support, etc. It all works great and feels snappy. 2. Ability to do obscure things. For example, a family friend may want a bunch of pictures archived. I can mount his google Drive with rclone, grab all of his pics and burn them to a blu-ray. Obviously, this is not an everyday use case but I appreciate the ability to do these types of things if I ever need to. I don't want to have to spin up a VM to support these odd one offs.