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Re:OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop by anthk on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @05:43PM (#33268252)
> Won't use hyperthreading.

That's a switch.

> Won't adopt Rust within the OS.

It's in packages. Get it.

> OpenBSD won't adopt ZFS

Hammer2 would be preferable.

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Re:OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop by mustache_kimono on Thursday October 20, 2022 @11:39PM (#33284224)
> That's a switch.

That's fair. I supposed what I was getting at is: OpenBSD seems... mono-maniacal(?), and that's one reason it remains niche.

> It's in packages. Get it.

Yeah, but won't adopt inside the base OS.

> Hammer2 would be preferable.

"...from a licensing standpoint..." Otherwise, ZFS is still obviously the state of the art. Most of us shrug and say "Whatever?" re: the licensing noise and run the stuff that works?

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Re:OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop by anthk on Friday October 21, 2022 @10:36AM (#33288412)
ZFS has two flaws: the license and that it's too intrusive.
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