OpenBSD Desktop

[bsdbsdbsd1]

Dear Gentlemen. Do I have to conduct any memory utilizations when using OpenBSD as a desktop?


/etc/login.conf so that programs can utilize 1Gb of RAM like firefox or chromium

default:\
...
	datasize-cur=1024M:\
	datasize-max=1024M:\

https://nfalcone.net/blog/building-o...esktop-laptop/

[jggimi]

Hello, and welcome! You are following a third-party guide last updated in 2016, and was intended for use with OpenBSD release 5.8. I'm not going to read through it.

Each architecture has a unique login class capability database, login.conf(5), and that database changes with OpenBSD developments. For amd64 and OpenBSD 7.6, the default class is defined with a fixed limit of 1.5GB for datasize -- that's virtual memory, not RAM -- while the staff class has no maximum, as datasize-max is set to infinity.

I recommend using the staff class for workstation users. Modern browsers need vast amounts of resource to function.

[bsdbsdbsd1]

Thanks.