OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop
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OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop
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#2I just use FVWM with light customization. Don't need anything fancier.
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#3Who still partitions like that???
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#4Can openbsd compile with a minimal C89 (maybe a bit of c99) compiler, or does it require gcc or clang?
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#5Who still partitions like that???
That was my first thought too. Why so many partitions?
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#6Very similar to my setup using a base Debian net install but with dwm instead of cwm. I even use a lot of the same command line tools/programs.
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#7Who still partitions like that???
Reminds me of early ~00s when I used to manually partition directories and choose optimal file systems for each one.. like reiserfs for /tmp etc.
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#8Who still partitions like that???
I see /usr/X11R6 and it brings back memories of when Linux distros separated X in such a manner. Then I realized that r6 is kinda old.
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#9Who still partitions like that???
That was my first thought too. Why so many partitions?
As the article says it's the OpenBSD default.
As for why: A power loss will likely only affect filesystems being written to. So less risk of ending up with an unbootable system if / and /usr are not being written to.
Even moreso if they are mapped read-only.
I don't know about now, but I've seen people only enable softdep mount option for FSs that need some extra speed, and not on / and /usr. (article does this for /home. look at the listed mount options)
It's also nice to mount /tmp and /home with "nosuid" and "nodev". Some file systems even "noexec".
Edit:
Note that I'm not advocating for it. I'm merely listing reasons one could have.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
That was my first thought too. Why so many partitions?
As the article says it's the OpenBSD default. As for why: A power loss will likely only affect filesystems being written to. So less risk of ending up with an unbootable system if / and /usr are not being written to. Even moreso if they are mapped read-only. I don't know about now, but I've seen people only enable softdep mount option for FSs that need some extra speed, and not on / and /usr. (article does this for /…
I’ve posted it here before but the frustrating state of OpenBSDs filesystems is a big issue for me putting it into production.