Em 24-06-2014 22:14, Theo de Raadt escreveu: > It's a funny world, here's how, let me explain the road map for you: > > In 1 year, Windows will work worse on that particular laptop. In 2 years, > it will be expired. In 4 years, it will barely work. That is a result of > chasing new sales. True to the core. Planned obsolescence at its best. > > In 1 year, OpenBSD will work better on that laptop. In 2 years, it will be > work even better. In about 4 years, it will work as well, but the decline > will start because our developers will move on. That is an aspect of minimal > refinement, not chasing the curve. For i386 and amd64 systems this decline is way longer than 4 years. I do have OpenBSD systems running on 10 year old i386 machines. > > In 1 year, Linux might work better. In 2 years, it will not work well. > But hey, don't take my word for me. Ask the net. They'll set me straight, > and they'll set you straight. I don't know what they are chasing. Maybe > it is the same as the first. Really, honestly, I don't have a clue what > they are chasing. > They are chasing the last "tool" that is cool. One such example is systemd. It did made all of my linux systems slower. In the end a linux system is a mix of "cool tools" many doing the same thing, many trying to do all things at once, and all of them barely working as a system. You might get lucky and your system might get better and better with linux over the time. But that's rare.
Cheers, -- Giancarlo Razzolini GPG: 4096R/77B981BC