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Old 8th January 2009
knasbas knasbas is offline
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Default is openbsd really for me?

Ive been using openbsd since 3.3 but i admit that it doesnt mean that I know much about it at all. Basically what I do is that install latest version, update it to stable and install the packages that is needed, which so far has been a few imageconversions,archivers, sambaprograms,web and after that I never touch it cause I want stability and its been stable as rock. After 1-3 years i buy new hardware and do a complete install from scratch and move the needed. Ive jumped from 3.3->3.6->4.0

I havent kept on updating nor upgraded to latest version, which is a securityrisk, i know, but the thing is if i upgrade (and how) and something doesnt works like a charm im in a world of pain, because my lack of knowledge. I do not intend to learn every bit and pieces of how the system works, i dont care and is honestly not intrested.. I just feel safe with openbsd.

Would I be better off with a linuxdist that has automatic updates? will be in same world of pain if it crashes. And now I need to add a torrentclient, which has to be updated to latest version or it wont work with a tracker im using. I also need to install a Direct Connect hub for me and my closest friends, which im not sure there is any packages at all for?

About updates, i understand the securityrisk but at the same time, if you dont mess with a working system, that system can keep running forever.
What do you think is better if you look at the security, openbsd not updated after inital install or linuxdist with automatic upgrades? and what do you think will be most stable system?

Last edited by knasbas; 8th January 2009 at 03:31 PM.
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