Why use OpenBSD?
created: Nov. 16, 2025, 12:25 p.m. | updated: Nov. 16, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Why are you (still) using OpenBSD?
Why using OpenBSD?
amd64: ~12000arm64: ~12000powerpc: ~8000risc64: ~10000sparc64: ~9000etc …Server-oriented highlighted software for OpenBSD 7.7 include Apache, Asterisk, Go, OpenJDK, MariaDB, Node.js, OpenLDAP, PHP, Postfix, PostgreSQL, Ruby, Rust, …Workstation-oriented highlighted software for OpenBSD 7.7 include Chromium, ffmpeg, Gnome, KDE, Krita, LibreOffice, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, (Neo)Mutt, Python, Shotcut, TeX, (neo)vim, Xfce, …Why using OpenBSD?
The documentation man(1) is complete and a welcome message pointing to afterboot(8) helps you start with using OpenBSD.
Why using OpenBSD?
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