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This is another UN*X I really like. |
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When I read OpenBSD removed Linux Emulation and added a 2038 |
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workaround for i386. I decided to give it a go, I was not |
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disappointed. I believe I started using it around version 6.3. |
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Personally, I think Linux Emulation that other BSDs have only |
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creates issues, but I believe the other BSDs uses a module |
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for that Emulation, so I should be easy enough to disable. |
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I had an old Thinkpad (R51e) and I decided to put OpenBSD |
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on it for a test spin, it worked and still works great. |
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From there it found its way to the other old Laptop I have. |
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Old Computer Challenge 1 |
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As I used it I learned about all the security enhancements |
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and realised this would make a great home system. |
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I also really like the idea of pledge and unveil, I believe |
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these are a much better solution than the various containers |
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Linux is now pushing. Because of that, I have put these calls |
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in most of my utilities I have in my repo. |
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My Repository |
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For development, when I took some work applications and |
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compiled and tested it on OpenBSD, many issues were identified. |
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These crashed due to various issues where Linux and AIX would |
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happily continue running. Of course I corrected the problems. |
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I use OpenBSD on a Thinkpad T420, I would use it on the newer |
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W541, but OpenBSD heats up the nVidia GPU in the lower left |
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hand corner. It does know enough to ignore nVidia and use |
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the Integrated Intel GPU, but the nVidia GPU gets very hot. |
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I general, OpenBSD runs hotter than the other Operating Systems. |
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If not for that, it would be my main driver. IIRC, the heat |
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issues started around release 6.8. Right now I am hoping |
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these issues are solved in newer releases. |
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With that said, Port obsdfreq helps a lot with the heat issue, |
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but not with the nVidia Issue on the W541. So using obsdfreq |
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Solene created keeps the CPU Temp reasonable. This is what I |
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have in rc.conf.local to start obsdfreq: |
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obsdfreqd_flags=-m 75,55 -l 0,0 -T 70,60 -r 50 -s 3 -t 3000 |
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I use Slackware on the W541, OpenBSD on a Thinkpad T420. |
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So, I consider the T420 w/OpenBSD to be my "travel" laptop. |
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When I travel I use OpenBSD on it because I believe its Full |
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Disk Encryption is much better than Linux LUKS. |
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Note, I checked with ##ibmthinkpad on Librachat, due to the |
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nVidia heat issue, they said best to avoid using OpenBSD on |
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the W541 until it is fixed or you find a workaround :( That |
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is a bit disappointing. |
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