[Gllug] Recommend an ADSL modem?

Doug Winter doug at pigeonhold.com
Wed Jan 21 14:49:01 UTC 2004


On Wed 21 Jan Richard Jones wrote:
> Do you find OpenBSD easy to upgrade incrementally?  I was always under
> the impression that the packaging system used on the BSDs (ie.  ports
> & packages) isn't as upgradable as Debian.  There's no way I found to
> do 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' no a regular basis to keep
> up to date.

Agreed, I've tried using OpenBSD as a general server platform, but
really it doesn't cut it IMHO.  I can understand why they have made the
decisions they have, but Debian is my UNIX of choice for general purpose
stuff.  

However, for stuff like a bastion host it's simplicity is a real
advantage.

doug.

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