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openbsd basic questions
I have some beginner simple questions.
I will put them here instead of opening new treads. ======================================== Why init 6 does not make the restart? or init 0 shutdown? How can I use the cwm window manager? What is the replacements for chattr or lsattr commands in Linux? Thanks. |
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...which should have each been placed in its own thread. Starting new threads is not difficult. Really.
So, I will limit this thread to one topic (arbitrarily determined...). Quote:
http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=artic...20090502141551 |
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There are no instructions on how to install it or how work with it.
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So, .xinitrc cwm startx and .. the gray stuff . |
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Note that only one window manager can be used at a time in X. If you have another window manager specified, it will have to be removed. Last edited by ocicat; 17th July 2012 at 06:15 PM. Reason: There are five X-related filesets, not six... |
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Other questions have been answered in their own threads.
Restart/Shutdown: http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=7298 lsattr/chattr: http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=7299 |
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barti, if you have the expectation that all information relating to OpenBSD can be found in glossy, pretty, easy-to-read how-to documents, your expectation will not be met.
The OpenBSD project is very small. There is no significant help infrastructure in place which fills in all blanks in comparison to larger Unix-like projects. However, the correctness of the OpenBSD manpages is paramount to the developers -- bugs in the manpages have the same importance as bugs in the system. There is a precise hierarchy as to how much "trust" can be place on all information:
Coming from the Linux community, you have been dealt a disservice. There, one group focuses exclusively on the kernel. Lots of other groups deal with coming up with the various distributions, & no one is really responsible for the documentation. So, there are a number of unrelated efforts which attempt to fill in the holes through their own "howto" documents. The result is an unorganized mess where there are islands of documents stating that "this is all you need to know". The OpenBSD project doesn't believe in howto documents, & most likely never will in the future. Users are expected to have enough intelligence to read the manpages & other project documentation for comprehension -- meaning thinking through what has been written to fill in the holes that may exist themselves. Discipline is required. |
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That's good to know.
Well, it is a different world here, completely ! No ext3, different init, different culture, no howto's , etc......... I need to adjust . It's hard to catch all in just few weeks. And I say this again, this is why people don't work with openbsd. I never heard of someone working with it. After reading so many posts on the internet, I'm sure they are all wrong. They should forget about Linux and stick only to BSD systems. |
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Your expectations may not have been very realistic.
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Looooooool ! sorry but I can't help laughing at myself ! I recalled having started a thread advocating OpenBSD for newbs .. and yet you can't escape falling for the OS once you start using it .. it's far superior !!!
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Well-said Sir ..
While there is always an OS which you like .. there is too an OS which you simply have to use .. if you go through the Distrowatch pages , an see those divisions (specialist , forensics , desktop , old hardware , security , etc ) you see how people differ not only in tastes but in needs .. but again they may often swap needs with time .. or change tastes over time .. there is charm when you hear about some distros for the spirit they preach : slackware/gentoo .. some are just beloved penguins anyway :-) But Daemons rock !!!!!! |
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