I don't understand your complaint, qmemo. Is it that you don't have the skill to install the OS and fluxbox?
The author of the web page you link states his main concern with the BSDs (NetBSD, in this case) is
hardware drivers. That has
nothing to do with applications, qmemo.
My basic LiveCD, with no packages in it at all, may be used to test all of the chipsets in a proposed hardware platform, and without requiring an OS installation. You can also test X with the associated video card and attached monitor on your proposed hardware. 'nuff said.
Regarding hardware drivers on OpenBSD: Many hardware manufacturers keep their interfaces closed. Unlike other projects, the OpenBSD Project will
never sign a non-disclosure agreement or install a vendor-supplied binary object block.
Ever.
For a discussion of the impact of this position on OpenBSD's driver development, see
Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors. For a discussion of the value of OpenBSD's stated postion on binary objects see
Blob!