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OpenBSD 3.5 Reviewed
eeg3 writes "NewsForge has a review of OpenBSD 3.5. It encompasses a fair amount of information, more specifically it details security, cryptography, installation, and new features." While not afraid to point out OpenBSD's shortcomings as a desktop OS, it's still a good tour of possibly the most secure OS. NewsForge and Slashdot are both owned by OSDN.
---Is what you're saying that a little less security is okay if it's more usable? If so, why isn't Windows given a little more credit?
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Hmmmm, interesting question. Let me present you problems that Ive not found Windows to handle.
1: Allowing graphical interface but NOT allowing 3D graphic card operations used (Simple with X, deny access to DRI)
2: Allowing programs from remote TRUSTED computers to have their graphical output displayed locally. (X was made for this exact purpose)
3: Making user accounts with almost no permission to the local computer (remote mounted directory trees)
4: The ability of an extremly fine grained system security model (NSA patches, now in the 2.6 kernel)
5: Being able to fix terminal (as in bad) errors within your servers woithout having to rely on external help (Domain Admin accts either locked out or scrambled in Win2k3- no known way to harvest other than full reinstall)
6: Does not need a desktop environment to run. Just instead open the Xserver and have onload the program needed for work.
7: Can be done on a Xterminal or bare-bones PC with network connection. I know of no Windows OS that this can be said for.
Im sure there's more... but Oh well
"The BSDs tend to lack the hardware support of Linux too and other things that just make Linux
nicer for desktops."
Let me think of how to put this in a nice way...
BZZZZZZZZT! Try again. BSD usually the hardware before Linux has it, off the top of my head I can think of USB2 and FireWire.
Happy trolling!