Damien Hull wrote:
I'm still a long ways away from designing a system. I haven't even decided which OS I want to use. If enough people on the list can convince me that OpenBSD is the way to go I'll install it on a system, ship it down to Seattle and collect my mail. This will be on a test domain of course.
I don't think anyone will try to convince you to use OpenBSD, really! It's great and does a wonderful job and it is secure. But in the end, everyone will tell you, use what fit the job! Meaning, if you want to use FreeBSD as you express you did before, then go ahead with it. If you want something very secure that was design from the ground up with that #1 priority in mind, then use OpenBSD. But don't expect anyone to try to convince you to use OpenBSD. If you are not convince by yourself by reading the archive, or looking at the goal of the site and if security is not your top priority, then may be OpenBSD is not for you.
Me, I use it for security reason #1 and for years. I stick with that. If it is harder to install some applications, or can't even use some that I may want to, then that's that! I am simply not treading security for features, or even applications.
Everyone will tell you, use what fit the needs to have, regardless if that's OpenBSD, or anything else.
May be this can also answer your question: http://openbsd.org/faq/faq1.html#WhyUse Hope this help a bit. Daniel
