I’m not going to evangelize Linux usage or OpenBSD usage. Both Open Source operating systems have their merits. They are neither both good at everything, but to call the entire community of Linux users losers is a bit harsh and unnesessary. Theo De Raadt tends to be a little over zealous at times. That’s why he was booted from the NetBSD project years ago.
“It’s terrible,” De Raadt says. “Everyone is using it, and they don’t realize how bad it is. And the Linux people will just stick with it and add to it rather than stepping back and saying, ‘This is garbage and we should fix it.’”
I use both OpenBSD and Linux. Why? Because both OSs have they things they do better than others. Last time I checked, OpenBSD did not have SMP support. I use a Linux-based SMTP relay at work for email filtering and it has two processors. OpenBSD wouldn’t have fit the bill in that situation. My SMTP relay is a Dell PowerEdge server. Dell supports Linux on their servers, yet another reason to stay with Linux on that server. I have in the past used OpenBSD for other projects such as firewalls, VPN gateways, or RADIUS authentication servers, but those are the kinds of projects that OpenBSD is best suited for in my opinion.
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