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OpenBSD is a very interesting operating system. It is not just a kernel with a bunch of software packages like Linux distros. This OS is distributed as a whole operating system with a number of third-party software products in the base system, including:
LLVM/Clang, GCC, BinUtils, GDB, NCurses, Perl, Expat, ZLib, LibFido2, Unbound, NSD, X.org.The OpenBSD team often patches third party products, typically to improve the security or quality of the code. There is a new release approximately every six months, with the target release dates in May and November.
The operating system comes with extensive documentation in the form of man pages. They are the authoritative source of information for the OS, and considerable effort is made to ensure they're up to date and accurate. Developers making a change to the system are expected to update the man pages along with their change to the system code. It is expected that users will check the man pages before asking for help.
Pros +
- small and clean code base, easy auditable
- integrates other software projects made by the same core team such as:
OpenSSH,OpenSMTPD,LibreSSL - OpenBSD is a BSD-style Unix, following the
4.4BSDdesign closely by contrast with Linux and Solaris which areSystem-D/System-Vstyle - easy to use, user-friendly for any Linux / Unix experienced user
- the philosophy of this OS is to believes in strong security, the aspiration is to be NUMBER ONE in the industry for security
- full disclosure of security problems
- the
OpenBSD security auditing team
typically has between six and twelve members who continue to search for and fix new security hole - secure by default - the operating system ships in a Secure by Default mode
Cons -
- installing the OS is not easy and requires some experience with network, disk partitioning (there is no GUI disk partitioner yet ...)
- an extended documentation for
PF(Packet Filter Firewall) is hard to find
