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Re:OpenBSD 5.0 Released by derleth on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @05:20PM (#3184195)
> OpenBSD was never meant to be a desktop BSD.

Where would people find this out? Has anyone listed the BSDs and said which task each was meant for? Are there any good BSD-to-BSD comparisons being done now?

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Re:OpenBSD 5.0 Released by tedunangst on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @05:34PM (#3184246)
Lots of people have listed the BSDs and said which task each was meant for. Lots of people have also been completely wrong. There's a whole internet of misinformation out there if you're really interested.
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Re:OpenBSD 5.0 Released by hackermom on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @09:18PM (#3184937)
Yes, of course, but there is a general aim and focus among the developers of the three main flavors, that is prevalent in the capacities of said flavors:

NetBSD - portability. OpenBSD - security. FreeBSD - performance and usability.

With that said, no, that definitely does not mean that each flavor can't stand out in the other two fields. Heck, I used OpenBSD as my desktop OS for 2 years on and off, so I know very well how capable it is "off field", and looking at the most popular flavor in BSD-powered server parks we see FreeBSD instead of OpenBSD contrary to what logic might try to dictate.

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