On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 10:46:40AM +1200, Dave Lilley wrote: > Hi there folks, > Anyone played or using OpenBSD ?? > What's your opinion of it ???
I have an OpenBSD 3.3 boot cd (and floppy) if you wanted to borrow it. IMHO, the system is well suited to a BSD-aware administrator (I co-admin a set of FreeBSD boxen in the UK), who wants to know the setup is more secure than flexible, and will be running stable, standard services. It's not really a base for experimenting with the bleeding edge :-) and isn't really a desktop system, either. If you want to achieve security of your data, use a live CD with portable storage (like Knoppix with a USB drive). If you want to have a stable, safe server, OpenBSD is worth considering. The trust level I'd ascribe to the distribution management of OpenBSD is extremely high, based on past experience. *BSD is excellent for servers, moreso than Linux which is very well suited to an active administrator. BSD admins are much more laid back :-) and they always know who has tested their software first. NetBSD is great for high-network-traffic machines. FreeBSD is almost as flexible as a Linux, and "more stable" in a qualitative way. OpenBSD sacrifices current features for an intelligent code review, leading to a lower need for security updates. -jim Currently running :- Mac OS X.2.6, Mandrake 9.1, FreeBSD 4.7/4.8
