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<h1 class="post-title">BSD Journey, Part 1</h1>
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<time datetime="20-08-15" class="post-date">Saturday, August 15 2020</time>
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<p>As Linux becomes controlled by corporate sponsors and becomes more full of proprietary blobs, drivers, and even closed-source software like Steam,
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One may wonder if there are other options out there.
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For me, somebody that is intensely interested in security, there is one option: OpenBSD.</p>
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<p>Now, my interest in OpenBSD has been going on for a long time.
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I started poking around for Linux alternatives way back a few years ago when Linus Torvalds decided to leave after he got in trouble for some
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<a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/linus-torvalds-defends-his-right-to-shame-linux-kernel-developers/">unprofessional behaviour</a>.
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That said, Linus did come back to Linux development,
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but I knew that his abrasive style is what brought good code to the Linux kernel.
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I also knew that his ability to be critical would be hurt by the new
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<a href="https://itsfoss.com/linux-code-of-conduct/">code of conduct</a>.
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It would become a tool for the SJW types to hammer on Linus for being a “white male, et al.”;
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It would become a tool for the easily offended to use to get their dumb code into Linux;
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It would become a tool for the corporatization, the HR-ification of Linux.
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Frankly, this does not interest me.</p>
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<p>Now I’m sure that OpenBSD has its own internal policies that I disagree with.
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That said, Theo De Raadt is still at least known for calling Firefox an “amorphous peace of garbage” due to its lack of privilege separation.
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And, in their <a href="https://openbsd.org/goals.html">project goals</a> page, they specifically mention:</p>
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<p>Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be decided on the basis of technical merit.</p>
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<p>Now that’s something I can get behind!
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Bet you that’s not in the Linux COC?</p>
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<p>He also went to university in my hometown, so that’s pretty cool!
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I can support a local madman who thinks he can make a better operating system than all those corporations.
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Maybe he was right, maybe not. What I know is I am excited to find out!</p>
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<p>Wish my luck on my OpenBSD journey. I will post updates here along the way.</p>
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<p>Happy hacking!</p>
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