I started with Linux in 1998. First heard of the BSDs in a O'Reilly book
Running Linux in 1999. Heard Allan Jude (now co-hosting 2.5 Admins
podcast) promoting FreeBSD in 2012 on the Linux Action Show. First tried
out OpenBSD on the desktop in 2015. Switched my primary systems to it in
2018 but have kept Fedora on one laptop or another to this day.
Gradually as I got more laptops I switched to an even split of OpenBSD
and FreeBSD. I use OpenBSD for my router, and FreeBSD for my NAS. Also
have a bunch of cloud instances running OpenBSD and FreeBSD, and one for
Debian. Might have enough content for a talk. But I need to write an
outline and put together slides. Maybe in 2026.
On 1/26/25 11:20 AM, Tony Schlemmer wrote:
I was running OpenBSD for years. I would buy a DVD with code base every year
and ran two network cards. I had two computers so I installed next release on
different computer and installed the patches manually when came out via source
code.
I miss those days but I bought a NETGEAR cable modem and router combined in a
uses less power and does not have a fan which is nice.
I ordered a Beelink mini pc and it supports Linux but still using Windows 11
for practical purposes right now. It has two Ethernet ports so it would a good
candidate if it can run OpenBSD.
Tony
On Jan 23, 2025, at 14:53, Linh Pham <[email protected]> wrote:
I used to run my entire Internet presence (e-mail, websites and own DNS) on
FreeBSD servers at home or a VPS provider like RootBSD. For a while, my Wait
Wait Stats Page was hosted on a Compaq iPaq that I bought specifically to run
FreeBSD and for its size, relatively low power and low noise.
That's now been whittled down to one cloud hosted server. I played around with
installing and using FreeBSD on a Steam Deck recently though :D
On 1/23/25 12:06, Russell Senior wrote:
For all my good-natured joking about BSD overload in years past, I would
welcome the occasional BSD talk. Does anyone have a topic in mind they'd like
to present? Slots are open, operators are standing by!
