There are actually rather a few of us. I have a fairly large IT skillset, but haven't had the opportunity to use them in some time.
ALso, I am virtually the only blind user of OpenBSD that I know of (use a remote login as some tools won't work directly from console). I won't harp on that point (people are aware and leave it at that). There are lots of resources available for the starting user. the document "man afterbot" is very important if you wish to set up some ancillary services. There is also a fairly large ports tree for some items that might not have been packaged yet. THere are also plenty of people around here to ask questions of, though it is recommended that you do some legwork first. Just be aware, like any community, there are personalities here. SO don't take some of the comments personally. -eric On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:37 AM, za...@gmx.com wrote: > Hi > > I am new to OpenBSD. In fact, I am a total newbie here. After reading many > posts on this list, I formed the impression that all or most OpenBSD users > are high-end IT professionals. > I was wondering: are there OpenBSD users who are not so advanced in terms of > IT expertise? That is, who are simple computer *users*, not IT professionals? > I need to know this because I am starting feeling that, as an average > computer user, I might be out of place here. I was attracted to OpenBSD by > its security-by-default philosophy. Admittedly, I don't know much about > security and I would not be able to set the proper security settings on my > own, so I have decided to adopt OpenBSD and use it for simple day-to-day > tasks, as a desktop OS (as I would any popular Linux distribution). Does this > choice of mine, and its underlying reasoning, make sense? > Are there any significant drawbacks to my adoption of OpenBSD (such as > OpenBSD being too technical and too difficult, as compared, say, to Linux > distros)? > > Please, give me some advice. If OpenBSD is not for me, I would rather know it > sooner than later. > > Thanks > > Zaf
