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Usually when OpenBSD does something it's because there's a clean implementation. OpenBSD is very seldom the first to actually do something; but they focus on m
by dijit 3y ago
Usually when OpenBSD does something it's because there's a clean implementation.
OpenBSD is very seldom the first to actually do something; but they focus on making their code able to be understood by a single person.
Doing things is hard, doing them in a way that is clear, obvious and "simple" is even harder. So when OpenBSD finally manages to do something that others may have had for a while... it's a cause of celebration. Because if the implementation was a clean one it would have gone in much sooner.
- nequo 3y agoDo you know of a write up that illustrates this extra simplicity by comparing OpenBSD’s implementation of something with a previous mainstream implementation?
- detourdog 3y agoI would say compare the OpenBSD documentation for ground up install to network serving to any other documentation source for the same process. OpenBSD will definitely be straight forward and easy to follow all from a single "manual". I'm sure there are other OSs that compare favorable to OpenBSD but those other OSs would also be high quality.
- toast0 3y agoOpenBSD recently built a simple httpd and I think a mailer (replaces sendmail) as well. There's probably a write up of one of those. The big difference on those is a very limited scope.