<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feedxmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generatoruri="https://jekyllrb.com/"version="4.0.0">Jekyll</generator><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/feed.xml"rel="self"type="application/atom+xml"/><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/"rel="alternate"type="text/html"/><updated>2020-08-15T15:30:37+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/feed.xml</id><entry><titletype="html">BSD Journey, Part 1</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/08/15/openbsd1.html"rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="BSD Journey, Part 1"/><published>2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/08/15/openbsd1</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/08/15/openbsd1.html"><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.
For me, somebody that is intensely interested in security, there is one option: OpenBSD.</p>
@ -16,7 +16,16 @@ Frankly, this does not interest me.</p>
<p>Now I’m sure that OpenBSD has its own internal policies that I disagree with.
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.
He also went to university in my hometown, so that’s pretty cool!
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>
</blockquote>
<p>Now that’s something I can get behind!
Bet you that’s not in the Linux COC?</p>
<p>He also went to university in my hometown, so that’s pretty cool!
I can support a local madman who thinks he can make a better operating system than all those corporations.
Maybe he was right, maybe not. What I know is I am excited to find out!</p>