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OpenBSD 3.5 Reviewed

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the products-of-canada dept.

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.

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  1. Question by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Every time there's a story about a vulnerability in something Microsoft related, there's a ton of modded up comments to the tune of "people should use Linux and related stuff to be more secure." But if security's such a BFD, why isn't BSD more popular around here?

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    1. Re:Question by black+mariah · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Because you can't like BSD and spooge all over the GPL at the same time.

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    2. Re:Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

      The law of diminishing returns. There's such a big difference between Windows and Linux in terms of security, there is a big point to switching. The difference between OpenBSD and Linux, on the other hand, is fairly minimal.

    3. Re:Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      > But if security's such a BFD, why isn't BSD more
      > popular around here?

      Because for many (most?) in the Linux community
      it's not about correctness or quality of the OS,
      it's about licensing (GPL), bringing down the evil
      empire (Microsoft), and revolution (down with Cap-
      italism).