OpenBSD

Back in the summer of 2019, with two weeks to spare before the academic year began, I took my first tentative steps into the world of Linux. My starting point? Zorin OS. It was an experience defined by both excitement and a lot of confusion. The Tarball Debacle One of my first big mistakes was trying to install everything manually from the web. Freshly minted with my new Zorin installation, I somehow thought the correct way to install Firefox was through a tarball, using tar commands. Little did I know that Zorin had an App Center ready and waiting for easy installs. Suffice it to say, my early days with Linux involved more mistakes than victories. ...

FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Me: A Tragicomedy in Three Acts Ladies, gentlemen, and Unix enthusiasts of all stripes, gather ‘round for a tale of network woe, BSD brilliance, and the kind of sleep deprivation usually reserved for new parents and cryptocurrency day traders. I present to you my 72-hour descent into the wonderful, maddening world of BSD. Act I: The Blinking Light of Doom Our story begins with a blinking light. Not just any light, mind you, but the PON light on my ISP’s router. For the uninitiated, PON stands for Passive Optical Network, but in that moment, it might as well have stood for “Panic! Outage! Noooooo!” ...