Re: How safe is a "Limited" XP account?

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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:31:08 -0500

André Gulliksen wrote:
> What is your criteria for "usable"? What do you use it for? I have used
> OpenBSD for firewalls and web servers, among other things, and it worked
> fine for me.

Usable, as in there's actually a user interface and documentation.
Trying to accomplish typical desktop tasks on it doesn't feel like
trying to fix a generator holding a flashlight in your teeth, groping
about in the dark for your tools while you watch an ominously increasing
amount of smoke pour out of the darn thing.

> On a side note: There is no such thing as an OpenBSD "distro". The same goes
> for any other BSD. Instead, you have branches and forks. For instance,
> OpenBSD itself is a fork off NetBSD.

I meant "packaged distributions", however the heck you get it to install
it. :P

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