rho writes "Stephan Somogyi at MacWEEK trumpets everybody's favorite security-concious *nix OpenBSD with an article telling why he likes it. Pretty plain jane, but introduces OpenBSD to a new audience (i.e. Mac users)."
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Re:Why I don't use OpenBSD
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marcovje
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Just checked, NetBSD still doesn't support the Performa x200 series. (the "rotten" apples).
Pity, I bought two for a good bottle of wine:-)
Anyway, back to Linux then. At least Mklinux (www.mklinux.org) seems to have working beta versions of a kernel for these machines.
How can "OpenBSD rules" possibly be off-topic? It's entirely on-topic for this story, and since this *is* an OpenBSD story, it can't even be called a flamebait (it insults no one else, and certainly not the OpenBSD users).
...and not the best-written piece I've seen on macweek, but reasonable enough. And of course it's another entertaining snub of MacOS (Hey Apple, I'm using OpenBSD because it doesn't suck! Nyah nyah!)
I really would have liked to have seen the article say something about the code review OpenBSD experiences. Surely someone can set this guy straight...
-- "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Works for me! (Re:Why I don't use OpenBSD)
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gill
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I run NetBSD on my SE30. I don't know why you can't. I prefer FreeBSD, but I like this little toaster as a monitoring station.
I'd love to have Open's level of security, but it won't run on my older Mac clone (PowerBase 240) and its 3rd party USB card. Guess I'll try NetBSD instead. Net runs on pretty much anything made after the last Toaster Mac.
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Just checked, NetBSD still doesn't support the Performa x200 series. (the "rotten" apples).
Pity, I bought two for a good bottle of wine
Anyway, back to Linux then. At least Mklinux (www.mklinux.org) seems to have working beta versions of a kernel for these machines.
How can "OpenBSD rules" possibly be off-topic? It's entirely on-topic for this story, and since this *is* an OpenBSD story, it can't even be called a flamebait (it insults no one else, and certainly not the OpenBSD users).
(8-DCS)
I really would have liked to have seen the article say something about the code review OpenBSD experiences. Surely someone can set this guy straight...
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
I run NetBSD on my SE30. I don't know why you can't. I prefer FreeBSD, but I like this little toaster as a monitoring station.
I'd love to have Open's level of security, but it won't run on my older Mac clone (PowerBase 240) and its 3rd party USB card. Guess I'll try NetBSD instead. Net runs on pretty much anything made after the last Toaster Mac.