[HN Gopher] OpenBSD Is a Cozy Operating System
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OpenBSD Is a Cozy Operating System
Author : skeptrune
Score : 19 points
Date : 2024-04-13 17:02 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| skilled wrote:
| This reads like a secondhand pillow advertisement.
| kstrauser wrote:
| This mentions the docs. I don't know what it is about the BSDs
| that attracts people fanatical about writing approachable and
| comprehensive documentation. It's hard describe how good it is to
| someone who hasn't experienced them, like explaining "blue" to
| someone who's never been outside.
| yazzku wrote:
| I'm more of a FreeBSD folk and occasional contributor to the
| handbook. Installing an OS you've never used just by following
| the goddamn manual surely is a refreshing experience.
| laweijfmvo wrote:
| ELI5 why the "xz drama" couldn't happen on openBSD? do they not
| use open source packages? are they assuming they would have
| caught it before adding the infected version to their repos?
| ddavis wrote:
| The back door relied on a couple of Linux package management
| systems (if I'm recalling correctly, it had .deb and .rpm
| checks, see https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-
| misc&m=171227941117852&w=2)
| rrix2 wrote:
| was it mostly about the targets the xz actor was interested
| in than some security property inherent to openbsd that would
| prevent that sort of dynamic linking vulnerability?
| shrubble wrote:
| If you run the 'ldd' tool against OpenBSD's ssh, you get 4
| libraries. If you do the same on different Linux distros you
| get many more; this means the surface area is much larger.
| subjectsigma wrote:
| > All the core systems just work out the box. Yes, you need to
| "patch" in WiFi with a firmware update, ...
|
| ... did someone change the meaning of "out of the box" or "core
| systems" while I wasn't looking?
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