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Re: OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop

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Post by anthk »

mustache_kimono wrote: post #87
danielnechtan wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OpenBSD base has almost everything else I need.

If I wasn't clear, I think that's fair! And certainly appreciate your blog entry. I think if anything my quibble is with our/some's obsession with "minimalism". Like, in one sense, it's less complicated to live in the woods, in another, it's tremendously difficult for some. And I'm not certain we should glorify it. It's just a different way of living. For example, OpenBSD won't adopt ZFS. Won't adopt Rust within the…

> Won't use hyperthreading.

That's a switch.

> Won't adopt Rust within the OS.

It's in packages. Get it.

> OpenBSD won't adopt ZFS

Hammer2 would be preferable.

Re: OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop

#113

Post by mustache_kimono »

anthk wrote: post #111
mustache_kimono wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I wasn't clear, I think that's fair! And certainly appreciate your blog entry. I think if anything my quibble is with our/some's obsession with "minimalism". Like, in one sense, it's less complicated to live in the woods, in another, it's tremendously difficult for some. And I'm not certain we should glorify it. It's just a different way of living. For example, OpenBSD won't adopt ZFS. Won't adopt Rust within the…

> Won't use hyperthreading. That's a switch. > Won't adopt Rust within the OS. It's in packages. Get it. > OpenBSD won't adopt ZFS Hammer2 would be preferable.

> That's a switch.

That's fair. I supposed what I was getting at is: OpenBSD seems... mono-maniacal(?), and that's one reason it remains niche.

> It's in packages. Get it.

Yeah, but won't adopt inside the base OS.

> Hammer2 would be preferable.

"...from a licensing standpoint..." Otherwise, ZFS is still obviously the state of the art. Most of us shrug and say "Whatever?" re: the licensing noise and run the stuff that works?

Re: OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop

#114

Post by anthk »

mustache_kimono wrote: post #113
anthk wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Won't use hyperthreading. That's a switch. > Won't adopt Rust within the OS. It's in packages. Get it. > OpenBSD won't adopt ZFS Hammer2 would be preferable.

> That's a switch. That's fair. I supposed what I was getting at is: OpenBSD seems... mono-maniacal(?), and that's one reason it remains niche. > It's in packages. Get it. Yeah, but won't adopt inside the base OS . > Hammer2 would be preferable. "...from a licensing standpoint..." Otherwise, ZFS is still obviously the state of the art. Most of us shrug and say "Whatever?" re: the licensing noise and run the stuff tha…

ZFS has two flaws: the license and that it's too intrusive.
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