I'm Not A "Power User"

If I am considered a power user of a specific tool, if I stand out for demanding any reasonable degree of knowledge or authority in how any tool operates, that tool is not reasonable.

You know what tool is reasonable about its power users? OpenBSD. All OpenBSD users are power users. This isn't because OpenBSD users are more resourceful, smarter, and prettier than users of other OSes (even though they are). it's because OpenBSD actually puts in the care to properly cultivate an environment where users are encouraged to learn how the damn thing works.

If you don't know how to use a tool, just read its man(1) page and you will know everything you need to know. No undocumented features, no out-of-date docs, and no confusion. You don't even need Internet access.

Need to know how the build processes differ from other OSes? Just read one of many ports mirrors (here's the one on GitHub). Each port's build instructions is 100 lines of Makefile at most.

Does it run Doom? Gee, I hope so. Does it run Linux? If you're lucky. Does it run OpenBSD? You bet your Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture it does. Why? Because OpenBSD simply gives a shit. Why do we live in a world that considers running a decades-old piece of software on hardware that is barely old enough to drink a feat of master hackery?

Computers don't need a fucking caste system.