My question: Am I compromising my OpenBSD system by running older precompiled binary apps? Does it really matter?
I’m conditioned by using Debian, Ubuntu and Slackware to expect updates on a continual basis and I wonder if I need to have the same level of vigilance with the BSDs. And should I be using ports instead of packages? While I’m on the subject, here’s a way to keep up with new ports for OpenBSD. And here’s the listing for Firefox. Helpful site for OpenBSD: From OpenBSDSupport.org comes this page on how to replace Windows with OpenBSD. While it’s based on OpenBSD 3.7 instead of the current 4.2, and that makes some of the information out of date, there are more than a few tips that can be applied to the newer version. Plugging into OpenBSD: I’ve just signed up for a bunch of OpenBSD mailing lists, but there’s also the OpenBSD Journal to help you keep up with what’s going on. Summing up: So far I’m having a lot of fun looking into the BSD operating systems. I met networking and security instructor, as well as prolific author Dru Lavigne at SCALE 6X, and she’s going to send me a copy of her n
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