On 20 Jan 2006 at 6:22, Joe Warner wrote: > On Thursday 19 January 2006 10:22 am, Don Boling wrote: > > Joe Warner wrote: > > > On Wednesday 18 January 2006 03:42 pm, Anthony Chavez wrote: > > >> Is OpenBSD destined to become the single most private operating system > > >> in existence, too? > > >> > > >> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,70017-0.html?tw=wn_tophe > > >>ad_ 1 > > > > > > I downloaded the iso yesterday and will try it out this morning. So far, > > > the main complaint I've heard is that because it uses tor, it's kind of > > > slow. I also heard it's supposed to announce itself online as WinXP SP1 > > > but those who have performed scans against it see it ID'd as "unknown". > > > > > > Anyway, I'll try it first and post my impression. > > > > > > -Joe > > > > Also, have downloaded the ISO via torrent but still waiting for the > > opportunity to give it a whirl... > > > > for those not on the misc@ list, here's a early review ... > > > > "I'm less than impressed with it after mounting the iso and viewing the > > > > contents. Their documentation is poor, if not void of content > > altogether. > > > > Call Anonym.OS what it is, a coagulated lump of untrusted packages and > > scripts conveniently bundled for those who are unwilling or unable to > > use OpenBSD in its native form. It reeks of a clumsily-staged > > publicity stunt."
When reading the above, you have to keep in mind where it was originally posted and their motivations in doing so. > I tried it last night and my first impressions are favorable. I saw it demonstrated at ShmooCon. I was impressed. A small team did a lot of work with mostly undocumented procedures. > This project is still in it's infancy but it seems like they've put something > quite functional together in their initial release and I'm hopeful to see > what they come up with in the future. Yep. The goals are good. This is their first release. Things will improve. I'm impressed with what they released. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ _______________________________________________ gubug mailing list [email protected] https://gubug.org/mailman/listinfo/gubug
