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As a result they also have an 8-year stale (and growing) feature set compared with Linux or FreeBSD. And bringing in used, tested, and maintained code from others brings in their bugfixes as well as their bugs.



If you want the new features, use the systems that have them. OpenBSD would have little point to it if it tried to keep up with the Jones'. It has a unique focus - that's why it's useful to some people.


For many people, the lack of Linux "features" is a feature.




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