On 09/03/18 14:42, - - wrote:
Hello all, I am running OpenBSD on my desktop, which is suitable for 99% of my needs. However I have to run certain proprietary software, which is available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. I cannot decide which of the three would be a "lesser evil" to run in respect with security and privacy. The software (video and photo editing) runs best on Windows, almost as good on OSX and it runs on Linux with some compromises. Does it make sense to accept such compromises and run Linux for security and privacy OR is the better security and privacy of Linux more or less a myth and running Windows would be almost the same in that respect? I understand that any response is to be just an opinion. Thank you Jan
I would not try to dual boot Windows and OpenBSD. There are too many disgusting viri out that smash parts of partitions. OpenBSD or anything else on the disk is a sitting duck once not active. Don't do it. The AV situation on Windows is out of control--a conservative estimate is that there are 4M pieces of malware out for Windows. If your AV software knows how to deal with 98%, that means 80K things aren't dealt with. Ugh! I know of a dual booting Win/Obsd laptop that was damaged by a viri and afterwards the owner could not find the OpenBSD partition at all. Pity I was never able to see it to do analysis. Here in the US, you can get used thinkpads for an astonishing small amount of money. My wife just got a T430 with 8G ram, 500G disk, 2.6GHz I5, 1366x768 display, 2 USB 3 ports, for $167. The battery is even decent. This is at Newegg. Used macs look like $400. For that money I would advocate that a separate machine is best, AND you have an emergency OpenBSD backup system. --STeve
