In light of what’s been going on with Linux lately, I’ve decided to switch to BSD. I was pleasantly surprised to find that, with the exception of a particular VPN I need for a society (ported to FreeBSD, but not OpenBSD) and Bluetooth support (removed in 5.6), everything actually just works!

Dotfiles adapted from https://github.com/YonatanShaked/OpenBSD-Dotfiles

  • Theme: Gruvbox (Medium/Orange)
    • Qt5/6 is themed using Kvantum
  • Icons: Papirus-Dark (Orange)
  • Wallpaper: berries.jpg
  • OS: OpenBSD 7.9
  • WM: bspwm (Xenocara)
  • Shell: mksh
  • Editor: Vim-Classic
  • Terminal: Alacritty (w. sixel patch)
  • Bar: Polybar
  • Browser: Tor Browser, Lynx
    • LibreWolf’s OpenBSD port is being maintained again, but won’t be in the stable repo until 8.0.
  • Email: Claws Mail
  • File Manager: PCManFM-Qt
  • Video Player: MPlayer
  • Music Player: Fooyin