Reid Mar 25, 2024
BSD people: can someone please explain what the meaningful differences between FreeBSD and OpenBSD are?
Show threadDigital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Mar 25, 2024

@Reiddragon
OpenBSD: Relentlessly security & correctness focused. Theo is an asshole who's usually/always right.

FreeBSD: Comes with most of the nice amenities of a user-friendly UNIX. Fantastic documentation. Friendly community. Dragonfly, etc. have even more desktop stuff configured.

NetBSD: Works on your toaster & a computer from 1995 which sold 1000 units.
#bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

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@mdhughes @Reiddragon this is oversimplifying by A LOT. For instance: some desktop things work better on #OpenBSD than #FreeBSD. #NetBSD was the first #BSD to implement #KASLR - before OpenBSD. It's not black and white and hasn't been for years now yet everybody copies the same fake mantras about these 3 BSDs.
Mar 25, 2024 at 8:42amWeb
Show threadvintage screwlisp accountMar 25, 2024
@bkrawczyk @mdhughes @Reiddragon
the non-secret about openbsd is that we use it because it's easy to use and because of the release songs