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I guess users could be hobbyists and maybe want to play with some of the few unique things OBSD offers like pledge and unveil and whatnot, but it has significan
by DEADMINCE 2y ago
I guess users could be hobbyists and maybe want to play with some of the few unique things OBSD offers like pledge and unveil and whatnot, but it has significantly worse graphical performance and isn't built with desktop use in mind at all.
You can make it work, and maybe it wouldn't be that much work for hobbyist users with specific and limited needs, but generally it's no where close to being the right tool for the job.
- Gud 2y agoThough I prefer FreeBSD, I always thought OpenBSD was an excellent, no-nonsense desktop operating system. I much prefer it to any Linux operating system I’ve used, and over the last 25 years I’ve pretty much used them all. please don’t discourage people from trying things out for themselves.
- DEADMINCE 2y agoI'm not discouraging people from trying anything for themselves. I wholeheartedly encourage people to try everything and have their own experiences. I was simply stating my opinion and IMO some cold hard facts. OpenBSD is just minimal and clutter free, but it's not like there are not Linux distros with basically the exact same traits - Slackware, Void and Alpine are all incredibly comparable. My only real point was that OBSD has much worse graphical performance because it isn't a priority. Most of the developers are probably the types that pride themselves on not using a GUI as though that was something impressive. IMO, given two no-nonsense desktop operating systems, I think the one with significantly better graphical performance among other things like app support, makes far more sense.
- Gud 2y agoOpenBSD is not "minimal". It is a fully fledged operating system. The linux distros you mentioned are not at all comparable. You are making a lot of assumptions about OpenBSD that are simply false.