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  OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Research Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley . It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995. As well as the operating system, the OpenBSD Project has produced portable versions of numerous subsystems, most notably PF , OpenSSH and OpenNTPD , which are very widely available as packages in other operating systems. The one thing I like about Openbsd is that you can use it with a variety of hardware. Normally you want to standardize the hardware you use, but on a pinch, you can use alternative hardware. This is also fortunate for people with a limited budget can use older systems to be able to compute. Now Openbsd is being made available for the new microcontrollers. which brings about other exciting opportunities. Shown above is possibly Openbsd 5.2. Notice you can have a graphical user interface a...

Openbsd is a nix cousin of Linux. Has the ability to run on lower end systems that are internet ready. (i.e. All CPUs compatible with the Intel 80486 or better, with Intel-compatible hardware floating point support should work). Here is a couple of pxeboot scripts where you can use the internet to install it even via a floppy. Two examples: (systems supported at http://ftp3.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.6/ ) version 5.4 - amd64   dhcp net0   kernel -n img http://static.netboot.me/memdisk-iso iso   initrd -n img http://ftp3.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.4/amd64/cd54.iso   boot img Version 5.6 - i386  dhcp net0   kernel -n img http://static.netboot.me/memdisk-iso iso   initrd -n img http://ftp3.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.6/i386/cd56.iso   boot img You will need to go to www.romomatic.org to create the boot media. Choose the most recent release. Then you will get the configuration page. Choose which media you w...

Was watching The Today Show and they had a segment where Microsoft was going to help out some schools and their computer educational programs with a free gifts of MSWindows 8. With articles like http://www.zdnet.com/mit-professor-windows-8-is-a-Christmas-gift-for-someone-you-hate-7000008479/ makes me wonder what MSFT is really up to. After a year, the school systems will probably have to start paying for licensing (also known as the Microsoft tax). So the MSWindows 8 will put the school systems possibly even in a worse situation.  To add insult to injury, if the school system can not pay for software, they probably have not updated their equipment recently. So to run the so-called free MSWindows 8, the school system already stretched for money will have to spend a whole lot of money to upgrade their computer equipment just to install and run MSWindows 8.  So how is that a bargain? Enter open source....  In fact, one such free operating system that predates linux by abo...