I have heard a lot about OpenBSD, how it is so secure and how there are so few security flaws against it, how the code is audited, etc., but I have never been impressed with the installation process. I do not care how much a system is server oriented, to me, it makes sense, even for the experts, to create something that is easy to both install and maintain. Most systems administrators do not have a lot of spare time to fool around configuring things. I myself have been a systems administrator, but at this stage in my life I am a Senior Project Manager. All the more so, I have little time for fooling around configuring software.

I still love experimenting though, so I am hoping to take a look at OliveBSD. I missed downloading it when it first came out, but I had a few moments, so I started grabbing it this morning and it is downloading now.

Has anyone else ever downloaded OliveBSD, and if so, what are your impressions of it?

Doesn't look like it's been maintained recently, the livecd.iso is dated 15-Feb-2006 on the http://mirror.4any.org/OliveBSD/ mirror site. Last post on the forum site was Nov 28, 2006. So, I guess being a live CD it's okay for a looksee, but I wouldn't use it on a day-to-day basis.

masinick, what is wrong with the installation of OpenBSD?

Just curious


Yes, I use it.