OpenBSD or..

[James Mabry]

J.Francois wrote:

>Short answer:
>I'll start with...that depends!
>
>Not so short answer:
>Seriously, is it just going to be a learning system, testing system,
>dedicated system, a workstation, or some combination of them all?
>
>My first response would be to use them all, all the time, to keep your
>skills sharp and for practicing heterogenous system admin stuff.
>With that I say, pick it up, use it, and keep using all the other free OS's
>that you can at the same time, even if it is just to do an install once in a while
>to see what the changes are and a reminder of the quirks.
>
><OPINION>
>Think of all the freely available OS's as a toolbox.
>When you come across a problem, pick out the best tool for each job.
>The more agnostic you can be, the easier it will be to pick the
>right one.
></OPINION>
>
>My home LAN is made up of:
>HP9000: HPUX-11
>Intel: Debian Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD
>Sparc: Debian Linux
>Intel Laptop: OpenBSD, FreeBSD
>and I am adding a 3-CPU Alpha with FreeBSD next year to replace the 
>OpenBSD Firewall/Gateway and to do external non-recursive DNS.
>
>I get lots of practice :)
>
>I have been using OpenBSD less and less recently since I keep a FreeBSD src/ports tree
>on my file server for one stop compiles. It's easier ( more like laziness ) for me to upgrade 
>and do builds from that one spot than keep a seperate tree for each OS I do compiles for.
>
>P.S. I'm getting long on my responses these days too.
>P.P.S. PLUG has a lot of "closet" BSD users on the list that are just as capable, or more capable
>       at answering questions like this. The hard part is getting them to admit they like Beastie
>       more than Tux :)
>
>
>On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 11:54:42AM -0700, J wrote:
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>>With OpenBSD 3.2 shipping on or about Nov. 1  I was considering  picking it 
>>up.  Either that or devoting the time to FreeBSD.
>>
>>Any input on this would be appreciated.
>>Francois, what think ye, which might be the way to go?
>>
>>Roger
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I only really ever hear about FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Has anyone had any 
experience with NetBSD? Granted they are all pretty similar, I would 
like some opinions if any on NetBSD. I will talk to people online now 
and again that swear by it, and think it is the clear choice of the 
three. I'm just not sure why? I've also heard it been called the most 
secure of the three even though that seems to be OpenBSD's main draw. I 
don't want to start a distro war :) or anything I just was curious about 
the advantages NetBSD has (other than the fact that it will run on your 
toaster).

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