Joseph, I've been using OpenBSD at home since version 2.8 came out, which is about 4.5 years ago. The current version is 3.7. This brings up the first advantage of OpenBSD: releases are done twice a year according to a set schedule. The reason the OpenBSD project can do this is because it is a fairly conservative BSD; doesn't have the latest bells and whistles, more emphasis is put on security, correctness (POSIX compliance, well-designed architecture, etc.) and stability.
The flip side is that OpenBSD usually lags behind Linux when it comes to desktop type stuff, but that suits me just fine. Most of the boxes that I run it on are console only configurations. I've installed OpenBSD on an HP laptop with XFree/Blackbox and it ran great. I think the auto-suspend was the only thing I couldn't get to work, but I didn't try too hard. Ergo, not too many video games for OpenBSD out there, unless you are old skool like me and consider NetHack a video game. ;) I like it for many reasons; one is that it runs on lots of hardware, both old and new: http://www.openbsd.org/plat.html though I've read that NetBSD is the king of cross-platform installs. Version 3.7 just came out a few days ago, check it out: http://www.openbsd.org John Message: 4 Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:26:34 -0500 From: Joseph Fruchey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [brlug-general] BSD To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Without a flame war, I'd like some of your opinions on the BSD's, why are they better/not better than Linux, compatibility issues, etc. Thanks. :- ) ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com
