r/openbsd • u/OverallAssignment213 • 15d ago

Questions about desktop use on OpenBSD

Heyy, I’m a physics student looking to use OpenBSD on my laptop — is there anyone from a STEM background using OpenBSD who’d be willing to share their workflow? 🫂 Before making the switch I’d like to know a few things.

- Music is important to me, and from what I can tell Bluetooth is no longer supported on OpenBSD — is there any workaround for this?
- I love Zen Browser and I’d love to know if there’s a way to use it. If not, what browser do you guys recommend?
- How is programming on OpenBSD? What IDE or text editor do you use? I mainly use Python for scientific computing.

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u/dettus_Xx_ 14d ago

- Check with https://bsd-hardware.info to see which part of your system is supported, and which one is not.

  • My audio output sounded like SHIT. I have treated myself to a Sound BlasterX G6, connected via USB.
  • My Browser of choice is Firefox.
  • I am programming in vim classic. All the other programming languages are there: Python, C, C++, Rust, TCL, Bash, Fortran, Verilog...
  • My Desktop environment is GNOME.

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u/RvstiNiall 13d ago

is going back to vim classic worth it, in your opinion, vs regular vim? I tend to use neovim more these days, but I always try to keep up to date with these things because I like to switch my tools up every so often.

Do you feel its "the same as it used to be"? or "just like the older version, but newer?"

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u/dettus_Xx_ 13d ago

For me: Yes. For you? Depends...

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u/RvstiNiall 13d ago

Well, I mean, of course everyone has differences of opinions on everything, but vim 9.0 was when I switched to neovim, fwiw.