Tag: openbsd

How to change the default window manager on OpenBSD.

I am using OpenBSD, and I do not like the default Window Manager used by the operating system. I installed the Fluxbox Window Manager and I had to tell X11 to load it instead of the default. I did it like this. Install the Xorg packages during installation, then you…

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Get information about your OpenBSD system easily.

The OpenBSD operating system has many ways to get system info. One way is to use the sysstat utility. This returns comprehensive information about a running UNIX system. Run sysstat with no parameters and you will get output like this. 2 users Load 0.51 0.36 0.16 neo.home 10:32:19   memory…

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Installing OpenBSD is very easy to do.

I am installing OpenBSD in VMware to test out this very nice UNIX operating system, and this should be very easy to do. I chose to install manually, the auto installation option does not work. Then I had to setup the network interfaces for the operating system. I chose to…

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Linux partitioning tips.

The best thing about using Linux is that you have more control over how your files and partitions organised. With your /home folder it is a good idea to have a separate /home partition, this allows re-installation of the Linux operating system and formatting / and re-installing the operating system…

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