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Got an old Thinkpad that's soon retiring from gaming and I've been thinking about giving OpenBSD a try. I've been using various Linux distros for almost 5 years now (mostly Debian-based ones) and the BSD system doesn't seem too different from Linux. Is it worth a shot?

Got an old Thinkpad that's soon retiring from gaming and I've been thinking about giving OpenBSD a try. I've been using various Linux distros for almost 5 years now (mostly Debian-based ones) and the BSD system doesn't seem too different from Linux. Is it worth a shot?

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From what I've read, it's less automated than Linux in many tasks, and the updates are slower even than Debian. Think Slackware. SUPPOSEDLY, Steam works on it, but with a lot of tinkering to make the drivers and hardware play nice.

Dunno what your use case is, but couldn't hurt to try it. Just be aware that Linux and BSD only thing really in common is command line, and BSD lives in Commandline