Contributed by jolan on from the bsd-never-left dept.
"OpenBSD doesn't chase features at the expense of stability and security."
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OpenBSD Journal
Contributed by jolan on from the bsd-never-left dept.
"OpenBSD doesn't chase features at the expense of stability and security."
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By Bayu Krisnawan (203.191.40.226) krisna@versalite.com on http://orchid.versalite.com
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By Hengky Anwar (203.77.222.252) hky@corebsd.or.id on http://corebsd.or.id
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Of the many reasons I choose to use OpenBSD, this one has always been high on list.
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By Anonymous Coward (84.12.143.212) on
Man pages that are in sync with reality.
By Forest Gump (68.124.58.147) on
And that's all I have to say about that.
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By Anonymous Coward (24.126.56.226) on
I thought things like bioctl, openssh, openntpd, etc were features. OpenBSD seems to add features while keeping security and usefullness in mind rather than just haphazardly adding stuff that a) isn't really needed, b) adds no real value, and c) is designed so poorly it causes security issues.
I like OpenBSD. It's definately no-frills Unix, but that's the beauty of it. When you need to get the job done (jobs: firewall, router, web server etc), OpenBSD is a good choice.
One of the things I'm looking forward to is OpenCVS. I have no experience with CVS, but since I've been put in charge of web mastering at my place of work I needed a way to keep track of source changes and stuff. I figured it would be great to start with OpenBSD and OpenCVS for that task. It only makes sense to have the most secure operating system store the source to our ecommerce web sites.
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By Anonymous Coward (66.11.66.41) on
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By m0rf (68.104.17.51) on
oh, its not freebsd, we're happy with that, you're not. since you have no positive contributions to make besides whining, please go whine somewhere else.
By brundle (209.210.200.49) on
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By Anonymous Coward (65.198.20.164) on
Seriously, is he trying to convince us the OpenBSD is no good? Obviously, if we're here and have made it through the install and have found a use for OpenBSD then it would be hard to convince us of that.
He's just trolling.
By Shut Up! (203.191.40.226) on
By Anonymous Coward (69.70.207.240) on
For the partitioning of disks, when I was new to it, I too thought it looked archaic and a pain, but once you understand it, it's BY FAR the easiest/quickest installer than most others, even easier than a Linux GUI installer and gives so much more control.
As for adding packages, "make install" or "pkg_add *", those are hard to do??? You're kidding right? Do you expect control-panel, add-remove programs?
So if you know you can secure FreeBSD as much as OpenBSD and as easily, then that sounds a lot like you're auditing userland, kernel code, making improvments, importing from OpenBSD, etc? Why not provide some diffs?
By Anonymous Coward (68.106.232.57) on
needlessly a pain in the ass to do the simplest of things = I hate having to read man pages to understand how to do anything,
...like partioning a disk for installation = I've never gone through the installer myself,
...or installing packages = pkg_add package.tgz is too much for me to type,
...a secure os that barely has any feature or functionality = I've never really used OpenBSD.
Yes, the troll bait smells delicious this time of year (release time), and I took the bite. It's amusing. I'm baffled that so many stupid people find their way to this site, but then I remember reading Slashdot and how I'm stunned at the number of misinformed idiots that any OSS project has to put up with.
By Anonymous Coward (128.151.92.148) on
Don't like OpenBSD and yet frequenting a site called OpenBSD journal... That reminds me of something I saw reading the misc archive: a guy who was subscribed to the list(!!) felt the need to post about how he hates OpenBSD and won't use it. Does this make any sense to you people?
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