Zaf, I am not an IT professional and I run OpenBSD on my pc and laptops. I've used it for years (since 3.0) and am very, very happy. I haven't looked at comparable programs for powerpoint files, so I boot Windows for those.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 6:37 AM, <za...@gmx.com> wrote: > Hi > > I am new to OpenBSD. In fact, I am a total newbie here. After reading many > posts on this list, I formed the impression that all or most OpenBSD users > are high-end IT professionals. > I was wondering: are there OpenBSD users who are not so advanced in terms > of IT expertise? That is, who are simple computer *users*, not IT > professionals? > I need to know this because I am starting feeling that, as an average > computer user, I might be out of place here. I was attracted to OpenBSD by > its security-by-default philosophy. Admittedly, I don't know much about > security and I would not be able to set the proper security settings on my > own, so I have decided to adopt OpenBSD and use it for simple day-to-day > tasks, as a desktop OS (as I would any popular Linux distribution). Does > this choice of mine, and its underlying reasoning, make sense? > Are there any significant drawbacks to my adoption of OpenBSD (such as > OpenBSD being too technical and too difficult, as compared, say, to Linux > distros)? > > Please, give me some advice. If OpenBSD is not for me, I would rather know > it sooner than later. > > Thanks > > Zaf
