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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by ssm to c/openbsd

Utils:

ssh

  • obvious

mg

  • debloated emacs
    • even smaller than nvi/nex!

tmux

  • a lot of people don't realize this is an OpenBSD project
  • session retention

doas

  • configuring sudo feels horrible after configuring doas
  • invaluable in ports

pf

  • ironic that this is most popular outside of OpenBSD (PFSense)

ifconfig

  • command line interface translates directly to configuration files

login.conf/login

  • anything on PenguinOS seems insane by comparison
    • especially oom killer

sndio

  • actually works
    • hopefully this gets popular outside of OpenBSD ;) ;) ;)

vmm/vmd

  • still in its early stages, but I love it

got (technically not an OpenBSD project, but adjacent)

  • debloated git
  • partial git compatibility

Library Functions/Syscalls:

pledge & unveil

  • interesting new approach to jails
  • set and forget, no interaction needed on the user's end
    • with exceptions like chromium & firefox

strtonum

  • far nicer than strto* functions in stdlib

malloc

  • now with use after free and leak detection! who needs valgrind?
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[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Oh, sorry, I was thinking of FreeBSD. And honestly it's been so long since I've used it I shouldn't have even chimed in. I remember using it on FreeBSD 9 when I was first getting into zfs.

In any case, way off topic. Sorry.

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