SBC & BSD
I'm curious, how many people are successfully running BSD on their SBC.
I'm thinking of using (Open/Net) BSD on my RPi SBC, (3A+ with 512MB ram probably), as BSD normally installs less MB of programs than Linux. I've used OpenBSD mainly on my (Intel) computers/laptops, so have the basics under my belt; any one using it on a RPi as their daily driver? (Interested in hearing about other BSD too.) |
I'd be curious if anyone bothered to build a BSD OS. Design & Provide BSD licensed software for sbcs of varying power, cpu architecture etc? The early stages are the worst, and sbcs & tablets are so difficult. Then there's the many places where compiles break because x86 code breaks on another arch. Maybe if you got life in solitary, but they gave you internet and an sbc …
EDIT: The worst thing is that if your OS was any use, someone like m$ or Google could rip it off, and copyright it! |
I know there are releases for the RPi, I'm just after other peoples opinions, if possible, before I try installing.
There are 2 versions I'd like to try, FujuIta/OpenBSD & NetBSD, just haven't got around to it, yet. :) (Re the rip off merchants, we know that one has been using parts of BSD code for years.) |
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Well knowing what we know about M$ quality, would anyone want them to even attempt their own network stack?
OpenSSH is probably the most ripped off component, it would seem: Quote:
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@Turbocapitalist
Please post in this thread when you do, we may be able to encourage others to try the BSDs on their SBCs. :) |
OpenBSD 7.0 (64 bit) with Xfce and a handful of applications running smoothly on RPi4 4GB, alternating with Slackware -current (32 bit, until 64 bit is released.)
In terms of speed, it’s not blazing fast for web browsing on FF or Chromium, for instance, but acceptably fast for what I do. In a pinch, it would do even as a daily driver for general day to day use - web browsing, webmail, simple document writing. If you have specific questions about it, ask and I will answer what I can, when I can - family priorities will be intermittently keeping me away from my RPi and LQ, so I can’t promise quick turnaround. TKS |
Thanks TKS, I'm wondering how it fairs compared to RaspiOS/Firefox or Devuan/Firefox mainly.
I'm only a casual user, but I like to have as little as possible on my discs re programs, especially as I only use a couple regularly, Web Browser & Music/Movie Player mostly. I've used OpenBSD on a regular Intel computer successfully, wondering how it performs on ARM. |
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I run my SlackwareARM -current 32 bit and my OpenBSD 7.0 64 bit on the same RPi4 4GB but on two different brand, model and spec SD cards, so I couldn’t fairly compare FF launch time difference. Maybe - *maybe* - FF runs ever so slightly faster on my Slackware than on my OpenBSD, but that really is a weak impression, not an objective test and if even true the difference would be small enough that FF speed wouldn’t be a deciding factor for me between using Slackware or OpenBSD for browsing. TKS |
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I'm very wary of any system that can hide a fault that well, and went to Slackware versions of which there will soon be 3
I'm not without issues on Slarm64. I'm having issues adding a user. The user goes in, but I can't set a password. You could get around that by logging in as root and then running 'su <user>' but it's messy. I'm also unable to transfer a system to sdcard, as rc.S fails to run. On the sdcard, it's just fine. |
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On the Pi versus my laptop, the Pi is slower, noticably on scripts. I also have FF & palemoon oddities on the Pi, but chromium seems better.
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I was about to give FuguIta (OpenBSD) a try yesterday, until I saw it uses a serial console as default - I think I need something that 'just works' these days. :)
(By the way, my main distro on my RPi SBCs is Devuan - thought I'd mention it, as some are having problems with other distros.) |
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