=> 👽 zero

I'm amazed at OpenBSD. It installs like a breeze, immediately works and Lagrange is in the official packages. Much easier to get to that point than on my Arch Linux computer. I am taken by surprise, was expecting much more work.

2 years ago · 👍 platypus_laser, digbat, slondr, bavarianbarbarian, freezr

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=> 👽 zero

I have installed it on a x220. What do you mean by the desktop? If you mean the window manager I have installed i3 and it works great here. But the choice is yours. · 2 years ago

=> 👽 gordonguthrie

God haven't used it in 20 years lol. Is the desktop any good? Can you install it on a Raspberry Pi now? · 2 years ago

=> 👽 zero

when I ask people who are more familiar with BSDs they usually say that, OpenBSD for desktop and FreeBSD for servers, as a rule of thumb. · 2 years ago

=> 👽 freezr

As per today is my favorie BSD desktop OS, perhaps on the server side I would still use FreeBSD... 🤔 · 2 years ago

=> 👽 bavarianbarbarian

Using *BSD for over 20 years now.. and in the most cases, BSD was alsways superior &) · 2 years ago

=> 👽 slondr

OpenBSD is awesome! · 2 years ago

=> 👽 platypus_laser

I had the same reaction when I first installed it. There were a few gaps in my understanding, but once I read through their (excellent) docs it was a lot simpler than I expected.

I didn't end up sticking with it, but I do use FreeBSD from time-to-time. Different, but has a lot of the same strengths when compared to the average Linux distro. · 2 years ago