On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Alvaro Mantilla Gimenez < [email protected]> wrote:
> 2013/5/13 Chris Cappuccio <[email protected]> > > > Salim Shaw [[email protected]] wrote: > > > OpenBSD is a server/router/network service OS, it's not designed for > > > desktops. OpenBSD is the pre-eminent platform for Firewalling, > > > IPsec, IPv6. > > > Trying to shove OpenBSD onto the desktop is the ultimate case of > > > square peg/round hole. > > > > > > > Salim, that's quite strange. OpenBSD has worked on my Sun 4/110 desktop > > since 1995. And more recently, I've been using it on i386 and later even > > amd64 machines, as a desktop environment! It could just be some kind > > of hallucination. You know, I had this one dream of being tied up and > > injected with sodium pentothal... > > > > +1 > > You can use OpenBSD in desktop environment, sure, common tasks as; sending emails, document processing, games, browse internet, etc. OpenBSD sometime lacks of resources for run natively flash plugins, java efficiently and support for read/write NTFS filesystem from Windows; but, if you not need it, OpenBSD do a good job. Regards. -- Francisco Valladolid H. -- http://blog.bsdguy.net - Jesus Christ follower.
