OpenBSD Is Now My Workstation

Re:OpenBSD Is Now My Workstation by gbmor on Thursday July 04, 2019 @04:43AM (#20352772)

I switched from Linux to OpenBSD, then to FreeBSD as my primary OS on my laptop, which involved a bit more set-up time than I was accustomed to with Linux, previously. Eventually I grew tired of the manual setup for so many things and bailed for Debian Sid.

It feels like a nice middle-ground. Most things work out of the box, but I still get to tinker and scratch that itch.

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Re:OpenBSD Is Now My Workstation by munmaek on Friday July 05, 2019 @09:54AM (#20362507)

I went the same route. Arch -> Void -> FreeBSD -> OpenBSD -> Debian Stretch (no desktop, just xorg + i3).

I love it. No more random updates breaking things like in Arch. I can install things relatively smoothly and get them running quickly. If I really do need the latest version of something I can still install from source. Etc.

I just want to work on things, not configure things endlessly and deal with random bugs :-)

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Re:OpenBSD Is Now My Workstation by gbmor on Saturday July 13, 2019 @03:10AM (#20426916)

That is exactly how I feel.

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