That is a long story, I first switched to BSD around 2010, I was just a kid with a Netbook running on a VIA C7-M. I was pissed at lack of open source drivers and wanted to code my own for the on board graphics. The Ubuntu and general Linux boards back then where full of script kiddies ridiculing anyone with any perceived lack of knowledge to oblivion. Even when they them selves lacked the knowledge.
This hostility, combined with the utter lack of documentation among the Linux Distros, drove me away from Linux. I came to FreeBSD, then Dragonfly, then finally OpenBSD. I currently use Dfly and OBSD on my private machines where ever I do not run MacOS, sometimes alongside. FreeBSD became rare, NetBSD is only around on an image that I sometimes boot on my PlayStation 2. I tend to choose OpenBSD in the following scenarios: 1. outdated and/or obscure hardware. Example: I have an older G3 iMac that I use out of pure enjoyment, getting Open running on there still took half a day (I had to write my first own X11 config in 6 years) but it runs, is secure and always up to date. I even managed to write my own TBXI boot file for the OpenFirmware from the source on the image for macppc. Now I have a nice Pufferfish greeting me if I hold down the Option (Alt) key at boot. 2. Pentesting Rationale: In Opsec scenarios you have to often make yourself vulnerable to exploit someone elses vulnerability. I like to be able to select where my ports are open. OpenBSD is, as stated often, secure by default. It therefore won’t surprise you with new and sudden vulnerabilities. OpenBSD also won’t complain when running as root only 3. network facing always on devices Example: I have exactly one device at home that is constantly running and exposed to the Internet instead of only our intranet. That thing runs ssh. No other distro would I trust with handling my security right. Other benefits of OpenBSD include: -Lack of patheticism: Other Distros call you an idiot when they assume you i.e. tried to mount an already hung in device (Ubuntu), I even wrote a Program in Go before, Go craps it’s pants when you do not indent correctly. I hat shit like that. OpenBSD just assumes sou what you do. -excellent documentation as mentioned in contrast to Linux. Oh how I hate fumbling for „solutions“ in Forums. -maintained base of excellent standard software, they really do fork what they need. Xenocara and LibreSSL are excellent examples. OpenBSD is doing where others are merely complaining. Glaring Cons: -Bluetooth support, I mean folks it’s 2019 -That lackluster Raspberry port -The often harsh community, there is a certain elitism here^ -The obvious lack of proprietary graphics drivers the likes of which Linux gets^^ -No killer Filesystem like ZFS or HAMMER, get used to UFS brother ^however it mostly extends to telling others when and why they made dumb decisions and it goes by without namecalling, Linux is just a Swamp nowadays, a swamp of kiddies. Dragonfly, in contrast to all here, really is the heaven of polite technical conversation. ^^that is just stupid vendors though, the community ports where there is interest. > On Wed, 28 Aug 2019, at 15:32, Mohamed salah wrote: > I wanna put something in discussion, what's your motivational to use > OPENBSD what not other bsd's what not gnu/Linux, if something doesn't work > fine on openbsd and you love this os so much what will do?
