Re: Jessie and Systemd integration
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:52:41 +0200
Bzzzz <lazyvirus@gmx.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:42:21 -0700
> agr <agr@consultores.ca> wrote:
>
> > I have been using Debian for almost 14 years continuosly, and i had
> > to transfered 1 server to OpenBSD, because the comments in this
> > list are uncertain; i can not wait for Jessi to do the transition.
>
> Could you tell us about this migration (ease, problems, etc)?
I'm not agr, but I'll give you my observations so far, implementing an
OpenBSD/pf firewall/router and a desktop (xfce) for evaluation...
* Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore! It's a familiar
environment, but a lot of the old standbys aren't there. No /proc,
for instance. Device names are very different. A cheat sheet helps.
* Qemu's difficult. On Debian, you just run the right
qemu-system-x86_64 command, and bang, you have a guest OS. On
OpenBSD, the same types of things error out or just plain stall
without comment. I'm still working on this.
* OpenBSD is closer to the metal, without the install insanity of Arch.
There's less surprise factor. In fact, the install is quite similar
to Debian's network install.
* OpenBSD's filesystem isn't efficient. If you're running things that
make and delete lots of files, I'd consider doing it on a different
OS or a different filesystem, if OpenBSD supports such.
* This is subjective, but every time I've used OpenBSD, it had a very
stable "feel". Everything worked the same way every time, nothing
crashed (except stuff like qemu that is poorly supported).
* If you enjoy configuring your OS with an editor, you'll enjoy OpenBSD.
* On my experimental desktop, Youtube videos worked on the standard
install. I didn't expect that.
HTH,
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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