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   MasterKarsten to auanon   
   Re: Alternative OS Discussion   
   05 Oct 25 18:16:53   
   
   From: soulkarsten@gmail.com   
      
   TheMon, 06 Oct 2025 00:08:48 +1000, auanon wrote:   
      
   > I don't know how alternative it really is, but I've been running OpenBSD   
   > on my laptop for a good few months now. The best part is just how good   
   > it is. Literally everything, even my Expresscard Smart Card readers just   
   > works out of the box. It also has some really nice quality of life   
   > features for server use. My favourite is the Daily(8) system. Basically,   
   > every day, a cronjob will mail root with all of the changes to the   
   > system that happended that day, as well as any security issues (eg, bad   
   > permissions for system config files). Goes to show how good dogfooded   
   > software can be.   
   >   
   > On the more alternative side, someday soon(tm) I wanna setup a 9front   
   > cluster. Maybe on the next release...   
      
   I tried it once and besides a few hardware hiccups that hindered using it,   
   I totally loved the swiftness and cleanliness of it. I thkn it was nomad   
   BSD?   
      
      
      
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