On 07/10/18 17:55, Nick Holland wrote:
On 07/10/18 12:57, Email wrote:
[drivel snipped]
Well...anyone who generates THAT much blind hatred has to be checked
out, they are obviously either onto (or into) something. So I read up
on OpenBSD, LOVED the philosophy of "security matters", downloaded it,
and never regretted it. Following the fantastic OpenBSD documentation,
I accomplished more in three days with OpenBSD than I had in several
years of poking at Linux.
So, while obvious trolls like this are annoying...they also serve a
purpose. I thank those mindless haters for pointing me in a very
interesting direction a couple decades ago, and I'll thank this ass in
particular for reminding me that I'm a bit behind in my project
donations (I do miss the CDs). That has now been fixed.
Nick.
My OpenBSD adoption story is similar to yours. My first foray into the
*nix world was Ubuntu, as all the schools in my district ran it for all
their infrastructure-- terminals, servers you name it.
Naturally, I started reading and trying to learn as much as possible
about the *nix way, although I originally didn't like it very much
because I couldn't abuse it for gain like I could the Windows stuff.
Before my schools migration to *nix, I had gotten used to being able to
grab test answers from my teachers Windows network shares, after the
migration, I could no longer do so :( This is what likely sparked my
interest in computer security.
I had never heard of OpenBSD until I happened upon the online ramblings
of some crazy mentally ill person shit talking OpenBSD. For some reason,
this crazy persons writings kept popping up on the various Linux/*nix
message boards I frequented at the time. I happened upon some blog sites
dedicated to trashing OpenBSD, they all appeared to be written by the
same person. This mentally ill person had dedicated such enormous
amounts of time writing seemingly detailed (though in reality, word
salad) posts, that it got me thinking: First, what the hell did OpenBSD
do to this guy to cause him to develop such a personal vendetta? And
second, after reading all the vitriol and falsities about OpenBSD from
this wackjob, I just had to check it out for myself. Suffice it to say,
I was not disappointed.
I downloaded an ISO and gave it a go, and was shocked at the simplicity
and ease of use of the platform. Very quickly I shifted from being an
Ubuntu boy to an OpenBSD text-only zealot. Every time I would try to see
if OpenBSD could be used for a project I was working on, I would find
that not only would it work, but it would actually be the easiest and
most simple tool to use for the job in nearly every case I encountered.
I fell in love with the OpenBSD philosophy and its hostility towards
featuritis and SJW horse shit. OpenBSD appeared to me as a 'an OS for
people who don't like to fuck around'. The man pages were amazing, and
I learned much of my foundational computer knowledge just from reading
them.
Sorry for the long rambling post. I'd just like to say thank you to the
mentally ill crazy person who inspired me to try OpenBSD; if not for his
widespread hate spewing drivel against this wonderful OS, I may never
have discovered OpenBSD as early as I did.
Cheers,
Jordan
