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>>107647005Is OpenBSD a good choice for servers?
>>107647365For many reasons yes. It comes with a very easy to use (and effective) firewall, has all unnessecary daemons disabled by default, has pledge and unveil for sandboxing applications, and is constantly being audited for security issues. It also comes with a lot of documentation and homegrown software that is easy to configure. Releases are stable but whenever a new security problem is found all you have to do is run syspatch and then it's taken care of, you don't have to upgrade anything. However if you're running a server that will recieve a lot of traffic FreeBSD may be a better choice, it has jails, ZFS, the fastest network stack of any OS, and a bigger ports tree. A deficiency of OpenBSD is its lack of support for journaling filesystems. You could use FreeBSD as a load balancer and OpenBSD as a backend if you find that you like OpenBSD, maybe by running it in bhyve.
>>107648442shalom
>>107648442>Thread blessed.Thank you anon. Fellow /bug/gers, we can go on.
>>107647005cuck license
>Only L*nux and FreeBSD support NFSv4>OpenBSD and NetBSD do not support NFSv4Am I stuck with NFSv3?
>>107647365it's barely, and definitely not for desktops where you have settled mitigations programs use that requires OS support and OpenBSD doesn't support CET for example
Why do BSDs have worse driver support? Can't they just take the drivers from Linux?
>>107649076freebsd literally does this with linux compatibility layer. drm drivers are from linux.
>>107649090then why does it not support most video cards?
>>107647005Anyone use KDevelop on FreeBSD?
>>107649114what do you mean? they even have official nvidia drivers from nvidia because some contract or some shit.still I wouldnt use that OS though, not even developers themselves use freebsd. openbsd actually gets used by devs at least.
>>107649172not him but openbsd is slow and full of bugs despite it's claims about securitymost mitigations they have are useless which also goes against the "remove unnneded code" policy
Since the thread doesn't seem to have links to guides, FAQs, etc... Is it advisable to use BSD if I don't have any servers? I mean, for simple desktop use. It always intrigued me, but I've never tried it, and I'm hesitant to install it just for the sake of doing so without a particular purpose. I'm also unaware of the advantages it may have over Linux. I don't mind much about the lack of compatibility.
>>107649076>Can't they just take the drivers from Linux?it depends on the licensing, if it's not under a permissive license then no. now you see why GNU cultists are hypocrites. you either lock yourself into their system or they position you as the bad guy. does that sound like "freedom" to you?>freedom: The condition of being free of restraints, especially the ability to act without control or interference by another or by circumstance.GNU people are religious fanatics who want to assimilate everyone at whatever cost. they're paranoid about their code being "stolen" from them the same way a film company is paranoid about losing their sales to piracy. BSD people do not care what corporations do.
>>107649303if you'd like to try it, go with NetBSD as it has the greatest software compatibility. it's structured similarly to OpenBSD but with less of an emphasis on security.the benefit of BSD systems is the interoperability between the kernel and the system since they are developed in tandem, and generally the developers have strong convictions about design philosophy. it's not like loonix where everything is intended to be mix-and-matched.
>>107649305The worst part is those lunatics reject the plain and simple reality that all but the highest profile companies use gpl code in their proprietary shitware and don't even get me started on individuals or smaller teams, especially ones based outside of the USYou think the 50 year old php janny cares, or even knows about your legal boogeyman?
>>107649253Literally untrue troon. Stop parroting shit you read from 15 years ago.
>>107649372https://isopenbsdsecu.re/mitigations/https://youtu.be/3E9ga-CylWQhttps://youtu.be/AvSPqo3_3vMOpenBSD is not a secure operating system
>>107649372they're likely basing their opinion off this talk https://isopenbsdsecu.reand it makes some valid points but idiot meme consumers just see the puffy with a clown nose and think "OH OK ITS BAD NOW", as if it detracts from the fact that openbsd still cares waaaaay more than your standard linux variant also can you not call people names? it makes us seem unintelligent
>>107649414>theyit's she/her
