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MIXED
73/100
ALIGNAI SCORE
CONFIDENCE 93.3%
Mixed Reviews
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OpenBSD
A free, secure, and highly reliable Unix-like operating system.
MIXEDAI Build
Pricing
Free
Learning curve
Steep
Time to value
Days
BEST FORSoloSmall Team
WORKS FOR

Running as a router/firewall OS on PC Engines APU2 hardware, Running as a router/firewall OS on MIPS-based Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite hardware

KEY INSIGHT

It is a highly reliable OS for specific firewall/router hardware, but performance depends on proper driver support for your device.

DOESN'T WORK FOR

Network routing on a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite when requiring high performance without proprietary firmware blobs

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Community Reviews

Reviews from Reddit, Product Hunt, Hacker News & AlignAI members

WORKED

OpenBSD has always supported graphics, sound and other desktop things in the default kernel, without having to tinker with kernel config or loadable kernel modules.

Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Desktop and laptop usage including graphics, sound, and X window system

MIXED

I looked into running OpenBSD on ER3-Lite and was told that network routing performance was poor without a binary blob that ships in Ubiquiti router firmware.

Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Running on a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite for network routing

WORKED

MIPS-based Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite 4 6 8 can run Linux and OpenBSD (octeon MIPS)... The venerable PC Engines APU2... can run... OpenBSD.

Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Running as a router/firewall OS on various hardware

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