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OpenBSD 4.1 released

I buy the cds for the stickers. I wish there was an option to buy like 5-10 sheets for $50 instead of wasting the cd set. 😛

Been running -current on most of my systems. 4.1 is pretty nice. 😀
 
What are a couple of the sources where one could purchase Linux/BSD discs?

I know Cheapbytes is one of them, but I can swear there were a couple of more that were much cheaper than Cheapbytes

 
So, what are the roles you guys use OpenBSD for, and what is its advantage over something like Debian?

Joe
 
Originally posted by: jlbenedict
What are a couple of the sources where one could purchase Linux/BSD discs?

I know Cheapbytes is one of them, but I can swear there were a couple of more that were much cheaper than Cheapbytes
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For OpenBSD: http://www.openbsd.org
BSDmall or something like that is another one, but getting OpenBSD from the source is the best way.
 
Originally posted by: Netopia
So, what are the roles you guys use OpenBSD for, and what is its advantage over something like Debian?

Joe
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I have used it for desktop/workstation, laptop, web server, database server, IDS, firewall, wireless access point, PDA, network monitoring, development system, SSH gateway, backup server, and probably a few other things I can't think of off the top of my head.

It's personal preference. I prefer it because I think it's generally saner. I like the "it just works" goal, and there are a number of (generally) OpenBSD specific tools I prefer over those available on other platforms.

I also use OpenSSH constantly, on all but one of the OSes I use. So I support OpenSSH by buying the CDs and t-shirts, along with the occassional cash or hardware donation.
 
Originally posted by: Netopia
So, what are the roles you guys use OpenBSD for, and what is its advantage over something like Debian?

Joe
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Currently, I'm only using it as a firewall.
Used to have a box running some mail as well, but I've "outsourced" that these days 😉

As for why, well, PF owns, IPTables sucks imo 🙂
Plus I love the documentation, stuff I don't know how to do is easily learned thanks to it.
And there's pretty much no messing around with it, install, configure PF, good to go, install a patch once in a blue moon.

For desktop or web server use I sorta prefer Debian though, mostly since I love APT when the time comes to install all kinds of Apache modules, etc 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Sunner
Originally posted by: Netopia
So, what are the roles you guys use OpenBSD for, and what is its advantage over something like Debian?

Joe
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Currently, I'm only using it as a firewall.
Used to have a box running some mail as well, but I've "outsourced" that these days 😉

As for why, well, PF owns, IPTables sucks imo 🙂
Plus I love the documentation, stuff I don't know how to do is easily learned thanks to it.
And there's pretty much no messing around with it, install, configure PF, good to go, install a patch once in a blue moon.

For desktop or web server use I sorta prefer Debian though, mostly since I love APT when the time comes to install all kinds of Apache modules, etc 🙂
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I agree, PF completely rocks.
 
Originally posted by: CTho9305
Do you still have to reinstall everything with each new version?
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Just like the last time you asked me, you can upgrade packages now without manually uninstalling the old ones. 😉
 
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