OxideBSD

Design specifications

How parts of OxideBSD are meant to work, and why. The interfaces themselves are documented in the manual pages.

cron and periodic
accepted design, not yet implemented
getty, login and PAM
accepted design, partly implemented
init and rc
accepted design, partly implemented
init_sh
accepted (reviewed 2026-09-23)
manual pages: oxdoc, man and apropos
accepted design, partly implemented
sockets and local sockets
accepted design, not yet implemented
sysctl
accepted design, not yet implemented
system logging
accepted design, not yet implemented
terminals
accepted design, partly implemented
time zones
accepted design, not yet implemented