So tired of people mocking the OS choices of others. If someone is happy with Linux or BSD in their own use, how does that equate to a claim that this same choice is acceptable for everyone and that it is the "year of the _____ desktop"? In the desktop there are many niche choices that some of us make, they work well for us and I don't think we ought to be mocked for it or told we can't do it.
As the author of the post, I'm not mocking others' OS choice. I made that title mostly as a joke. I also was just cataloging my thoughts on setting up OpenBSD 5.6 on a ThinkPad x201. I actually didn't intend for that many people to read it.
I submitted it to lobste.rs as a resource for people who might be thinking about doing it, nothing more.
I agree with you that people just choose what works for them. I was just surprised OpenBSD worked for me on that laptop.
Yeah the comment was not targeted at you. I ran OpenBSD on a laptop for years until the hardware died and I used Debian on the next one. Recently bought new hardware and put FreeBSD on it.
These are exactly what I am happy with. Lightweight unix with a lightweight X setup. Does exactly what I ask and nothing more. I recognize it's not for, say, my parents. I am not doing it with hopes that it will conquer the world. But somehow some segment of the OS X crowd is disappointed with this and feels like they have to mock it.
