OpenBSD devs generally use OpenBSD so it's surprisingly efficient. On a MacBook Pro M2, it gives roughly the same battery life as MacOS (source: h3artbl33d :openbsd: :antifa: (npub1y90…900y) )
You could try it and see if it's ok for your use case.
Stefano Marinelli
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2025-10-09 07:39:23 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…dr8u
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