Re: [dev] Seeking Recommendations for a UNIX-like Operating System

From: Silvan Jegen <s.jegen_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 13:33:40 +0200

Heyho!

EZS Ephir <ephir_AT_anche.no> wrote:
> Hello Marcel,
>
> I consider to use OpenBSD. It is highly suckless and can be used as main
> operating system.
>
> > - Safe connectivity to the web
> You can use surf for accessing the web here.
>
> > - Ability to open a text editor (such as vim or vi)
> I'm pretty sure that nearly all UNIX systems have text editors in it :)
> It is available in OBSD.
>
> > - (If possible) Support for Wayland (I am not a fan of X)
> Seemingly, Wayland is now Linux-only stuff, so it is not available in
> any other UNIX systems.

There seems to be ongoing work to make get a Wayland compositor to run
on OpenBSD:

https://www.xenocara.org/Wayland_on_OpenBSD.html

Looks like some more work is needed but it is feasible.


Cheers,
Silvan
Received on Sun Jul 28 2024 - 13:33:40 CEST

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