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+title: "Ending my short-lived experiment with OpenBSD"
+date: 2022-08-15
+lang: en
+categories: [ blog ]
+tags: []
+translationKey: "2022-08-15-switch-from-openbsd"
+---
+
+Despite [my last post][trying-openbsd], I am not actually content on this
+operating system.  I believe that I have laid out some of the inconveniences
+the last time:
+
+- weird sndio control quirk
+- too limited file access
+- limited file descriptors
+- lack of some packages
+
+[trying-openbsd]: /posts/2022-07-31-trying-openbsd/
+
+I find not being able to use my main messenger software enough a dealbreaker,
+but last week I have just realized that there are even more dealbreakers:
+
+- The faulty syncthing [has ruined my ebooks][ruined-ebook].
+- I cannot record audio, so calling is impossible.  Yes, I have set `kern.audio.record=1`.
+    This seems to be some [hardware problem][audio]; I should have checked
+    carefully before buying, but how could I know?
+    > On some modern Intel machines, the internal microphone is no longer wired
+    > up to the HD Audio device supported by azalia(4).On some modern Intel
+    > machines, the internal microphone is no longer wired up to the HD Audio
+    > device supported by azalia(4).On some modern Intel machines, the internal
+    > microphone is no longer wired up to the HD Audio device supported by
+    > azalia(4).
+- Related to calling, sharing screen made firefox crash. I reckon there is some
+    security setting that prevents firefox from capturing screen.
+
+OpenBSD also seems not to make good use of hardware and [use up quite a lot of
+energy][energy] compared to other operating systems.
+
+I think I should end this short-lived experience and go back to Linux.  I am
+considering Alpine Linux and Debian GNU/Linux, but given that my hardware don't
+seem to go quite well, I feel that Debian might be a better choice here.
+
+[ruined-ebook]: https://nixnet.social/notice/AM6BCN2awUyfvt0G4u
+[audio]: https://libreddit.spike.codes/r/openbsd/comments/wlsq7z/audio_recording_doesnt_work/
+[energy]: https://senioradmin.de/Energieverbrauch.html