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i usually use freebsd (haven't tried openbsd yet..) and its linux binary compat is almost perfect, it surprisingly just works for most things although there are some rough edges as a desktop.
How's the firmware support/availability? For things like graphics tablets, graphics drivers, etc?
I don't think OpenBSD has binary compat with Linux but most Linux software should just need a recompile for BSDs—I'm discouraged from porting given that when it's not a simple recompile I'd have much less idea what to do.