> I wouldn't recommend it as a desktop system although plenty of people (including my boss) use it as such. There is some fiddling required for this I've been

> I wouldn't recommend it as a desktop system although plenty of people (including my boss) use it as such. There is some fiddling required for this I've been running OpenBSD on a laptop (which works as my desktop) for years now, and I can say there's been very little fiddling. In fact it's proved to be the best out-of-the-box experience I've had with any OS (including Windows XP and a whole bunch of Linux distros). > I also wouldn't recommend it for first-time admins either I have to admit I wasn't administrating things for the first time when I did it on OpenBSD.. but OpenBSD was so simple and straightforward that I eventually lost the will to fiddle with other systems. They really have gone out of the way to make sure the system is Dead Simple to configure (the best configuration is no need for any configuration at all!), and when you really need to change something, the documentation is unparalleled. Of course, different people have different needs so what works for me might not work for everyone. I know that what seems to work for most people doesn't really work for me...