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OpenBSD musings

Choose OpenBSD for your Unix needs. OpenBSD -- the world's simplest and most secure Unix-like OS. Creator of the world's simplest and most secure webserver httpd/TLS & crypto stack LibreSSL/SSH implementation OpenSSH/firewall pf/mail server OpenSMTPD and much, much more. OpenBSD -- the cleanest kernel, the cleanest userland and the cleanest configuration syntax.


Would it be feasible adding something like this to the OpenBSD website?

I've noticed a lot of other organizations doing it, and it would relieve us from constantly having to explain why we chose OpenBSD over all the others.

Write your master's thesis with us

Want to help us back up the claim that OpenBSD, together with all of its side-projects, make out the simplest and most secure Unix-like OS in the world today?

We are looking for someone dedicated with a good understanding of programming, system administration, math and statistics, and architectural design and engineering to join us in this pursuit.

We can offer:

  • Sunny office space in downtown Calgary
  • Your own OpenBSD email address
  • Relevant work experience
  • [...]

Interested? Contact: theo@openbsd.org


The great thing about Linux, and this is largely why it got so popular in the first place, is its support from the hardware industry.

What's not so great, however, is that what ought to have been one complete OS with one competent leadership and one coherent brand, is instead split into thousands of distributions with varying degrees of quality, with the overwhelming majority all including unnecessary and overly complicated stuff by default, such as systemd, bash, OpenSSL, or iptables/nftables.

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