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OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus)

> 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

8 hours agouticus

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> :-)
8 hours agommooss

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...

7 hours agozdw

That's why it's a good anecdotal example that, despite their reputations in some quarters, OpenBSD devs are real human beings who even have fun!

EDIT: clarify in context of my GP post.

3 hours agommooss

Are you saying that Theo isn't the asshole he's commonly made out to be?

5 hours agothesuitonym

Interesting ... the author has a whole webpage of these stories about OpenBSD history:

http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/index.html

8 hours agommooss

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.