It can seem unfriendly but what it really is, is not very tolerant of people who have made no effort to solve their problems, or even provide relevant information.
It’s probably one of the reasons why it’s so irrelevant.
Whereas openbsd people kept that attitude, the gnu+linux people went above and beyond to help newbies. Help not only in fixing their stuff, but also in growing and learning.
And I don’t buy the “secure by default” marketing stunt. At best you’d have to put that in the context of an OS that does a limited number of things, and does them poorly (questionable ux, poor performances). Gnu+linux is secure enough, particularly so if you compare that with the incredible amount of things it can do.
The other thing is that OpenBSD devs (well, leadership at least, from what I can tell) don't care who thinks they are "irrelevant." Popularity, number of users, etc. is not a goal. They develop the OS for themselves, and if others find it useful, they are welcome to use it.
Whereas openbsd people kept that attitude, the gnu+linux people went above and beyond to help newbies. Help not only in fixing their stuff, but also in growing and learning.
And I don’t buy the “secure by default” marketing stunt. At best you’d have to put that in the context of an OS that does a limited number of things, and does them poorly (questionable ux, poor performances). Gnu+linux is secure enough, particularly so if you compare that with the incredible amount of things it can do.