Both questions were just asked again today in two new threads at the linuxquestions.org website, where most users are linux-focused.
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who really uses openbsd as a day to day operating system on your personal computer?
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I do. Every day.
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with what kind of machine?
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amd64 laptop.
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for which reasons?
what motivated your choice?
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I find that it is simple to use, simple to administer, and simple to maintain, and I understand its scope of features. I also run it on a small farm of servers, both local and remote.
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what is the impression of your relatives, or other people, when they see this rare os and how they "understand" philosophy of openbsd?
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I don't usually discuss it. Someone who is not an IT professional or a deeply technical hobbyist would just see a browser, anyway. Someone who is technical and also familiar with Linux would likely notice the window manager.
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...or just to make people understand you're using a different system?
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It usually doesn't come up in conversation, if ever. If someone asks if I'm using Linux, I'll usually say, "Not quite. I'm running something called OpenBSD. It's a small, research operating system." That's often enough to stop the conversation cold.
