OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus)
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by zdw
23 hours ago
| 3 comments
| miod.online.fr
| HN
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uticus
1 hour ago
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> 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

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mmooss
2 hours ago
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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
13 minutes ago
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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...
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mmooss
2 hours ago
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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
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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.

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