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▲OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus) (miod.online.fr)
53 points by zdw 1 days ago | 6 comments
uticus 3 hours ago [-]
> 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

mmooss 4 hours ago [-]
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> :-)
thesuitonym 44 minutes ago [-]
Are you saying that Theo isn't the asshole he's commonly made out to be?
zdw 2 hours ago [-]
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...
mmooss 4 hours ago [-]
Interesting ... the author has a whole webpage of these stories about OpenBSD history:

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

cyberpunk 3 hours ago [-]
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.

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