Share your OpenBSD or OpenBSD derivative experience (for FreeBSD users)

[tingo]

I decided to ask here rather than start a new thread for it.

Why? Why don't people want to start a new thread, when no thread on the topic exists?
I'm curious.

 

[kpedersen]

It looks good for an OpenBSD LIveCD/USB. There is even a 'demo' on installing desktop environment(s) though I don' t know too much about it. I felt it might be a good toy to tinker with but not to replace my lovely FreeBSD. <3

Admittedly, I have never been sure of the use-case of a Live USB. You could just install a normal OpenBSD on the USB disk and set the root r/o in the fstab. If you want to get fancy, then /tmp, /var/run, /dev could be mounted via mount_mfs(8).

(Back when it was a CD or DVD it made a little more sense)

 

[penguinslayer]

Why? Why don't people want to start a new thread, when no thread on the topic exists?
I'm curious.

I thought it would be more polite to use an existing thread on a related issue where the topic had been discussed. Perhaps I should make a new thread next time?

 

[tingo]

Yes please do; threads are not an limited resource, and it makes searching and finding the right topics easier.

 

[sidetone]

Anyone using Fuguita currently? I decided to ask here rather than start a new thread for it.

The Fuguita developer seems friendly enough, you may post messages to him directly on his site without logging in. The screenshots of desktop environments look nice.

I thought it would be more polite to use an existing thread on a related issue where the topic had been discussed. Perhaps I should make a new thread next time?

Yes please do; threads are not an limited resource, and it makes searching and finding the right topics easier.

You can start a new thread if you want. I hope there's enough to fill it though. It would take someone or a few making screenshots, and describing it enough to do that. Here is still good as a catchall for OpenBSD and its derivatives.

You can link to here from it. Then link to here from that. Also, using the tags. At least, posting here gives it more quick attention. I'd like to see more posts on in depth use of OpenBSD and Fuguita.

What about SecBSD?

 

[MG]

Tried it a few times. It improved a lot over the years. You still have to make sure you understand everything that ihe installer talks about at lab-level..
Biggest problem for me is time. Everything is different. It's a few large tech books further before I could brew a USB live system like my FreeBSD mod.
I'm personally convinced that at least the amd64 BSD's could be combined because the differences can be made to post-boot options in any case.

 

[Alain De Vos]

openbsd crashes on boot. Just like many arch distros , void distro, opensuse distro, mandriva distro.
Exceptions : FreeBSD,MX-Linux,Garuda-Linux,Redcore-Linux,NixOS,Artix-Linux

 

[MG]

openbsd crashes on boot. Just like many arch distros , void distro, opensuse distro, mandriva distro.
Exceptions : FreeBSD,MX-Linux,Garuda-Linux,Redcore-Linux,NixOS.

Wouldn't that conclude to a amd64 speciification bias? Kernel going down without the conditions to trigger a panic? The system gives up without a reason?

 

[LibreQuest]

OpenBSD has better support for SDIO and also still supports old Baytrail graphics which is cool. They also have UrbanTerror available for download and install. Those are a few things they have that I wish we had on FreeBSD. But overall OpenBSD isn't for me really.

The partitioning scheme is way crazy. And finding the install sets on the install image is annoying when you don't have internet. I do like the different boot options from the initial ram disk. I don't care that they don't support bluetooth but not supporting wine is sad. I do enjoy playing video games from time to time.