OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus)

 (miod.online.fr)

32 points | by zdw 23 hours ago

3 comments

  • uticus 1 hour ago
    > Don't be startled by this odd-looking name, it will make sense when you reach the end of the story.

    > This is the story of OpenBSD on the Sharp Zaurus systems. Because of its length, I have decided to split it in two parts.

    > OpenBSD/cats: the enabler

    > OpenBSD/zaurus (to be published 20260513)

    ...I will be visiting again in 5 days. Then, I will be searching eBay for a Zaurus...

    http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/zaurus.html

  • mmooss 2 hours ago
    As usual, when you make the effort to see them for what they are really like, people never live up to their reputations :)

      <deraadt> wow, mickey is fixing cats.  cut, pull, twist, tie, insert, sew, right?
  <deraadt> meow meeeeooooow MRREOEAAWOOOWOWWWWWWWOWOOWOW
  <deraadt> :-)
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    • zdw 4 minutes ago
      I highly doubt that anyone would expect that a chat transcript from a fairly insular group to be made public in this way decades later...
  • mmooss 2 hours ago
    Interesting ... the author has a whole webpage of these stories about OpenBSD history:

    http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/index.html

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    • cyberpunk 1 hour ago
      He has (had?) a completely bananas amount of gear, take a look around his webpage for pics of the 'machine room'.

      I can only assume that electricity bills are included in his rent in France or most of them were powered off most of the time!

      In the off chance he's reading -- thank you Miod (and OpenBSD team), your software and OpenBSD makes my life better to this day.