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OpenBSD Review at DistroWatch
jpkunst writes "Robert Storey at DistroWatch com has written an in-depth and favorable review of OpenBSD: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only. 'The first OpenBSD memento I ever saw was a T-shirt with a picture of a cop chasing a script kiddie. That image remained etched in my mind for well over a year before I finally got my hands on a copy of this fine OS. Now that I have it installed on my machine, I only wonder what took me so long.'"
I dunno, this distro has Roger Moore and Moore is no Connery, but I guess I must accept change in all things, including BSD.
i just don't get it. you support BSD with a humorous comment at the troll's expense, you get modded -1 troll. you diss BSD with humor, you get modded -1 flaimbait.
what do i do, oh slashdot moderators, to please you in your infinite wisdom?
~dijjnn
Can't you see!?! /. is dying
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Simplest solution for you : Quit
Americans are so stupid they think it's virtous to waste their whole life working long hours for low pay.
Go for it, Cheeseburger Joe, work those extra 4 hours a day so your CEO can buy a new summer home on a tax shelter island! After all your CEO really deserves it since he saved those shareholders millions by outsources all the software development to China! Go for it, proud American, do the work of three people for low pay, the never-worked-a-day-in-their-life children of the shareholders thank you for busting your hump so they can buy a new yacht. You must be so proud of your hardworking self.
Suckers.
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/misc/slash dot.html#alternatives
Just quit reading slashdot. I only look occasionally now and
;-)
have a lot more time to do useful stuff.
99% of slashdot is a waste of time. It takes far too much time to sort thru the garbage to find any meaningful content.
Go read a man page instead
[ed. note: in the following text, former FreeBSD developer Mike Smith gives his reasons for abandoning FreeBSD]
When I stood for election to the FreeBSD core team nearly two years ago, many of you will recall that it was after a long series of debates during which I maintained that too much organisation, too many rules and too much formality would be a bad thing for the project.
Today, as I read the latest discussions on the future of the FreeBSD project, I see the same problem; a few new faces and many of the old going over the same tired arguments and suggesting variations on the same worthless schemes. Frankly I'm sick of it.
FreeBSD used to be fun. It used to be about doing things the right way. It used to be something that you could sink your teeth into when the mundane chores of programming for a living got you down. It was something cool and exciting; a way to spend your spare time on an endeavour you loved that was at the same time wholesome and worthwhile.
It's not anymore. It's about bylaws and committees and reports and milestones, telling others what to do and doing what you're told. It's about who can rant the longest or shout the loudest or mislead the most people into a bloc in order to legitimise doing what they think is best. Individuals notwithstanding, the project as a whole has lost track of where it's going, and has instead become obsessed with process and mechanics.
So I'm leaving core. I don't want to feel like I should be "doing something" about a project that has lost interest in having something done for it. I don't have the energy to fight what has clearly become a losing battle; I have a life to live and a job to keep, and I won't achieve any of the goals I personally consider worthwhile if I remain obligated to care for the project.
Discussion
I'm sure that I've offended some people already; I'm sure that by the time I'm done here, I'll have offended more. If you feel a need to play to the crowd in your replies rather than make a sincere effort to address the problems I'm discussing here, please do us the courtesy of playing your politics openly.
From a technical perspective, the project faces a set of challenges that significantly outstrips our ability to deliver. Some of the resources that we need to address these challenges are tied up in the fruitless metadiscussions that have raged since we made the mistake of electing officers. Others have left in disgust, or been driven out by the culture of abuse and distraction that has grown up since then. More may well remain available to recruitment, but while the project is busy infighting our chances for successful outreach are sorely diminished.
There's no simple solution to this. For the project to move forward, one or the other of the warring philosophies must win out; either the project returns to its laid-back roots and gets on with the work, or it transforms into a super-organised engineering project and executes a brilliant plan to deliver what, ultimately, we all know we want.
Whatever path is chosen, whatever balance is struck, the choosing and the striking are the important parts. The current indecision and endless conflict are incompatible with any sort of progress.
Trying to dissect the above is far beyond the scope of any parting shot, no matter how distended. All I can really ask of you all is to let go of the minutiae for a moment and take a look at the big picture. What is the ultimate goal here? How can we get there with as little overhead as possible? How would you like to be treated by your fellow travellers?
Shouts
To the Slashdot "BSD is dying" crowd - big deal. Death is part of the cycle; take a look at your soft, pallid bodies and consider that right this very moment, parts of you are dying. See? It's not so bad.
To the bulk of the FreeBSD committerbase and the developer community at large - keep your eyes on the real goals. It
But who will watch the watchers of the watchers?
The safest way to approach lava is to have another person with you and he goes first.
That may well be, but in Soviet Russia, "BSD is dying" is sick of hearing YOU!
Shop as usual. And avoid panic buying.
BSD is dead. Lighten up.
/. quote at the bottom when I read this: taxidermist, n.: A man who mounts animals