Why I stopped using OpenBSD?

Last month, I decided to leave the OpenBSD team as I have not been using OpenBSD myself for a while. A lot of people asked me why I stopped using OpenBSD, although I have been advocating it for a while. Let me share my thoughts. First, I like OpenBSD, it has values, and it is important that it exists. It just does not fit all needs, it does not fit mine anymore...

https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2024-11-15-why-i-stopped-using-openbsd.html

#system #hardware #problems

P. S. Well, such feedback should be taken into account, too.

httpd rocks.

Setup an HTTPS-enabled web server with httpd on OpenBSD. Includes A+ security report configuration with haproxy...

https://httpd.rocks/

#web #httpd #haproxy

OpenBSD Webzine. Issue 18.

https://webzine.puffy.cafe/issue-18.html

#webzine

BSDCan 2024:

- Implementing Routing Domains on an OpenBSD workstation for use with WireGuard By: Josh Grosse;
- Summa Tetraodontidae: Thomas Aquinas Explores OpenBSD's Medieval Orderliness By: Corey Stephan;
- Supporting Business IT and network needs with OpenBSD and NSH By: Tom Smyth;
- Why rewrite fw_update(8)? By: Andrew Hewus Fresh;

All videos - The BSDCan 2024 Playlist is now complete.

#video #conf

OpenBSD Workstation for the People.

This is an attempt at building an OpenBSD desktop than could be used by newcomers or by people that don’t care about tinkering with computers and just want a working daily driver for general tasks...

https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/openbsd-workstation-for-the-people/

#desktop #system

20 years since "and we're just starting": undeadly.org turns 20.

It's been 20 years since the first undeadly.org post appeared...

https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240409044953

#undeadly

OpenBSD 7.5 released! #release

KISS high-availability with OpenBSD.

My HA solution for Web and Gemini is based on DNS (OpenBSD's nsd) and a simple shell script (OpenBSD's ksh and some little sed and awk and grep). All software used here is part of the OpenBSD base system and no external package needs to be installed - OpenBSD is a complete operating system...

https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.html

#web #nsd #ksh

Tech Independence

Tech independence is not depending on any particular company or software. The only tools you need are the common open source basics built into any Linux or BSD operating system — free public-domain tools that are not owned by anyone, and can run on any computer.

Learn a few of these basic tools, and you can run your own private server on any computer forever, for the rest of your life. Host your own website and email. Keep your own contacts and calendars synced with your phone. Back up and sync your photos, movies, and music to your own private storage. No more subscriptions needed.

You can ignore all the companies offering “solutions”, even if they are free, because they take away self-reliance. The point is to know how to do it yourself, not to have somebody do it for you. It’s worth a little up-front work, like learning how to drive.

Below are simple step-by-step instructions that work. Instead of drowning you in options, it uses an operating system called OpenBSD...

https://sive.rs/ti

#services #system