Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibertyBSD - OpenBSD minus the blobs

[Riley Baird]

On 30/12/14 11:19, Jason Self wrote:
> Michał Masłowski asked:
>> Do the GNU/Linux-libre distributions need separate design to be useful
>> on servers?
>       
> Riley Baird replied:
> 
>> Yes. Most GNU/Linux-libre distributions have a GUI and various other
>> unnecessary, potentially vulnerable programs. These are useful for
>> desktop users, but not for server users.
> 
> That's just what packages are installed by default, not an argument to
> why the underlying system itself needs to be "designed" differently.
> Seems more a perception thing. If your point is over what packages are
> installed by default then Trisquel, gNewSense, and Parabola all have
> minimal ISO images which are enough to boot your computer, bring up
> networking, and then install exactly (and only) what you say to,
> thereby eliminating all of that stuff you mentioned. (And really that
> copy of Postfix I install on my server is the same as that which I'd
> get from most any other system.)

To some degree, what you're saying is true, but LibertyBSD is generally
easier to setup as a server. Of course, there's nothing stopping you
from using it as a desktop, it just takes more effort.