gdsNov 13

Tried installing my first non-linux unix the other day. Here are some impressive things about #openbsd :

- Partitions. ~By default, files aren't allowed to be both writable and executable. So `chmod 777` only works in /usr/local~ EDIT: apparently I misunderstood this one.

- The man pages are way more complete than many linux distros. `man afterboot` and `man 8 intro` are great.

- Nice unified service management without the complexity of systemd

- There's a CLI that'll just make RAID volumes for you.

- Nothing more complex than it needs to be. No openssl, only libressl. No sudo, only doas.

- The kernel drivers for recording audio and video by default only record silence and blackness. You need to make a sysctl.conf change if you want to un-blind your laptop. This is both privacy-conscious and hella goth.

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@totherme My story starts with trying to load FreeBSD on a Thinkpad. (Take a moment. Thinkpads are by far the most used laptops by BSD devs.) The OS loaded fine, but could not manage the video. After trying a few things, I decided I should "just give OpenBSD a try", and see if it's a hardware thing or a config thing. OpenBSD came right up, X and all. I've really never gone back.

I used to carry a travel router to protect my laptop at hotels. With OpenBSD and PF, there's no need.

Nov 13 at 5:26pmWeb