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Re: A Reckless Guide to OpenBSD

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Post by tharne » Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 2:58 PM UTC

Very cool! I love seeing folks push simple and elegant solutions like openBSD and the Gemini protocol.

I started playing around with openBSD more primarily out of lockdown-induced boredom. At first I got pretty frustrated that I couldn't get all of the linux goodies I was used to. But the more I use openBSD, the more I love it. And it has made me a better programmer as well. Whether at home or on the job, more and more I find myself reading the docs first before simply googling a problem and pasting in someone else's code.

Re: A Reckless Guide to OpenBSD

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Post by tharne » Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 2:59 PM UTC

mrweasel wrote: post #18

pb82 wrote: post #7

This is nice. I recently experimented with OpenBSD on a Librebooted X200. Took some time to figure out how to boot it with Grub. And then it turned out that the particular Wifi chipset wasn't supported. But this gives me some motivation to get a USB Wifi dongle and continue. Any suggestions for one that works?

The Asus USB-N10 NANO adaptors work. They are easy to find and pretty cheap. Due to a licens chance from RealTek I also believe fireware will be included in OpenBSD 7.1, so you don't have download it in advance or start up on a wired connection. See: https://man.openbsd.org/man4/urtwn.4

That's great news. I actually just ran into the RealkTek driver issue the other day.

Re: A Reckless Guide to OpenBSD

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Post by pfp » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 7:03 PM UTC

oofabz wrote: post #4

I like the subject matter, but the bold italic typeface is very difficult to read.

No matter what theme you choose, the text is bloody unreadable.

Why would they publish a website like this? Why did OP post this?

> but they have the right....

I didn't deny that.