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77 sats \ 2 replies \ @justin_shocknet 16 Dec \ parent \ on: How to setup an OpenBSD virtual machine in Ubuntu with full-screen tutorials
It's not practical as a desktop environment, its mostly used in secure appliances (headless).
Great for building your own firewall, HSM/signing server, etc.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 16 Dec
And for those use cases - why is it great? Like is there some better config interface, or is it just eating less ram, or does it have less of a chance of some error? Or is there something different compared to Linux that introduces better security?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 16 Dec
It's what they prioritize... thats upstream of their release processes, surface minimization, isolation, they even make their own hardened networking tools (openssh you'd use in any linux or other BSD is made by them)
They put hardening above usability / compatibility, where linux distros and more friendly BSD's may compromise more on one or the other.
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