Utilities & Applications

• Kernel and user programs maintained by same team

  • Consistent approach
  • Integrated testing

• "Ports" tree for third party applications

  • "make install"
    • Download, patch, configure, build, package, install
  • Pre-compiled packages on CD-ROM, FTP site
  • Over 1400 applications & libaries

• Runs many Linux binaries via library emulation

  • Netscape, Adobe Acrobat, StarOffice
  • Requires same arch (Linux/i386 -> OpenBSD/i386)