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Re:Initial support for guided disk encryption in OpenBSD ins... by e12e on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @05:45AM (#35067434)
> And then when you ask why the X11 server is bundled by default, even on a headless install, that's not in the FAQ

https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#FilesNeeded

> New users are recommended to install all of them.

> Some libraries from xbase72.tgz, like freetype or fontconfig, can be used outside of X by programs that manipulate text or graphics. Such programs will usually need fonts, either from xfont72.tgz or font packages. For the sake of simplicity, the developers decided against maintaining a minimal xbase72.tgz set that would allow most non-X ports to run.

On a server, you need x11 clients and xauth, if you want to run x11 programs via ssh x11 forwarding.

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Re:Initial support for guided disk encryption in OpenBSD ins... by Zurrrrr on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @08:10AM (#35068555)
> New users are recommended to install all of them.

That's kind of bullshit though. If someone has plenty of experience with *nix OSs then OBSD isn't that strange, and a 'new' user asking a reasonable question should not be greeting with attitude.

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