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noosphrlast Sunday at 10:50 PM5 repliesview on HN

OpenBSD is a very well kept secret that very few people are aware of. As close to nirvana as I can manage.

The fact I miss pretty much all the drama around the latest corporate take over attempts on Linux is just icing on the cake. The toxic slug strategy is an amazing one that more open source projects should use.


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bluGillyesterday at 12:47 AM

Openbsd split from netbsd back in the day as the original toxic slug, so it is amusing to call it a releif today

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201984yesterday at 12:04 AM

What do you mean by "toxic slug strategy"?

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mvdwoordyesterday at 1:08 PM

Shoutout to OpenBSD.amsterdam for providing a wonderful hosted OpenBSD VPS. It is indeed pretty close to nirvana.

shartsyesterday at 6:43 AM

It’s also behind the times

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metalforeveryesterday at 4:29 AM

There are a few nice to haves that would really help me out with making an open bsd transition. I thought of writing them myself because I am getting very fed up with Linux for the above reasons.

- IDE support is an issue still

- Filesystem challenging when using a laptop that runs out of battery

- MATE lacking volume and WiFi controls

- This one is just me being picky but a GUI to help me gain a better understanding of the security settings or alternatively more up to date books.

- I am not exactly sure on how to correctly use virtualization and I need it to support docker workloads at work

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