Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order>It's not for beginners. I don't consider myself a beginner to Unix or computers (I even have a PhD in the damn things), but I do consider myself a fairly inept and inexperienced systems administrator, with no great desire to spend the time to become better, and my needs are fairly basic - just the usual web/shell/IRC/mail server stuff, and other random infrastructure needs that come along for my work. Incidentally, this is exactly why I prefer OpenBSD. Everything is…
This point is one that cannot be overstated: > Great documentation is a top priority. The built-in man pages are amazing. So if you're stuck on anything, searching the man pages on your own computer is going to give you a better answer than searching Google. (This makes it nicer to work offline, too.) The OpenBSD documentation is absolutely stellar. It's well-structured, always up to date, has useful pointers and examples. If something is in base, then it's documented and…
"OpenBSD is very secure, so install it and then extract this tarfile full of unknown stuff onto your system"
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 327
- Total comments
- 166
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-01 | OpenBSD 6.0: why and howFirst breakout | sivers | 102 | 48 |
| 2018-05-17 | OpenBSD 6.3: why and how | signa11 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-03-01 | OpenBSD: Why and How | ProfDreamer | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-04-13 | OpenBSD: Why and How | arduinomancer | 1 | 4 |
| 2019-07-15 | OpenBSD: Why and How (2018) | jseliger | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-11-13 | OpenBSD: Why and How (2016)Hall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | kick | 218 | 114 |