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> Everything is more reliable. Not one crash yet. Also true with Linux, of course. > Everything works perfectly out of the box and has sane and safe defaults.
by cbd1984 12y ago
> Everything is more reliable. Not one crash yet.
Also true with Linux, of course.
> Everything works perfectly out of the box and has sane and safe defaults.
Same with Linux, at least in the distros I use.
> Everything is more consistent. For example, the ifconfig/iwconfig/wpa_supplicant/etc. mish-mash on Linux is replaced with just ifconfig. All interactions with the OS are straightforward and standardized.
"My way or the highway", in other words. Use the Only OpenBSD Toolkit or get out?
> The code is substantially better. Less macrotanium, better naming, more understandable.
Readability is subjective. Macros aren't inherently bad.
> There is clearly more attention to (and more expertise about) security. This is, of course, what OpenBSD is (rightfully) known for.
At the expense of everything else, it seems, including hardware support.