[tor-relays] OS diversity of tor relays (was Re: Relay uptime versus outdated Tor version)

[grarpamp at gmail.com (grarpamp)]

> Learning these OS can have other, peripheral benefits

Very true.

For reference, Solaris has been more or less dead
ever since Oracle killed Sun and re-closed it.
Now it's officially dead beyond "support" contracts, subject only
to any benevolent and heroic zombie efforts, which are extremely
unlikely due to its [line]age and license...
https://meshedinsights.com/2017/09/03/oracle-finally-killed-sun/

Still, it presents a different attack surface, at least beyond the
network application itself, if you can compile on it. Run a few
nodes for fun if you want (fun being half the point of running nodes),
you can still get the i386/amd64 binaries here...
https://www.oracle.com/solaris/solaris11/index.html

But as a formal production OS, especially for the non-corporate
opensource community since ever, Solaris proper is deader than
long decayed and untouchable dead.

If you want the Sun family lineage, go with
https://www.openindiana.org/
or maybe if you're stuck in the GNU toolchain,
https://www.osdyson.org/
or if you want something that's actively maintained with
at least some actual "Unix" heritage and unique feel
https://www.freebsd.org/
or any other BSD like Open or Dragon or Net.

Every Linux / Windows / Apple user owes it to themselves to try
something in the BSD family for at least a few months or so.

Don't forget Plan9, Open/Free VMS, MINIX, GNU HURD,
HP-UX, AIX, FreeDOS, Android, iOS, OSX, etc.

Regardless of which overlay network you're using,
or plugging nodes into, have fun gettin jiggy wit it :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JcmQONgXJM