June 3rd, 2018:

	Well, I finally made good on my threat.  I finally gave OpenBSD a 
shot.  I'd originally planned to update the Debian install on my old Presario 
2110 laptop, but Debian hung before getting to the login screen.  After trying 
to fix it for a couple of hours, I gave up and installed OpenBSD.

Installation was quick, and I was up and running in a few minutes.  I was 
surprised to see fvwm when I started the Xserver, hadn't seen it in over a 
decade.  Suffice it to say, once I figured out the package manager (pkgadd, 
just like Solaris), the first thing I did was to install a window manager I 
was more familiar with: icewm.

"Familiar" didn't mean "better", remembering the "fun" I had configuring icewm 
in the past, I moved on to something more familiar and manageable: fluxbox.

Once I had my window manager sussed, I installed firefox 59.  When that 
failed, I tried Chromium, then Midori, all of which failed to launch.  I went 
online to find out WHY, and it turns out they don't get along with older, 
slower, single-core 32-bit machines such as my Presario.  So, I installed 
Dillo, thinking it was pretty lightweight.  Problem is, it doesn't render most 
of the websites I use properly, so I went with Firefox 52 as a longshot.  I 
read that others have had success in this regard, and thankfully it was in the 
OpenBSD packages.

It installed fine, and ran on the first try.  It's a bit slow, as for some 
reason hardware acceleration isn't working, but it's passable.

I fought with wifi for a few hours, reading what I could online, making sure 
my firmware was up to date, and was eventually able to get my USB wifi dongle 
to connect.  I'd describe the connection speed as, charitably, running "slower 
than frozen shit in January".  After a bit more reading and tinkering with the 
configuration, I had a brainstorm:  "What if it's because you have the dongle 
plugged into a slow-ass USB 1.1 port?"

I conceded it was the most logical explanation.  However, I'd used this same 
dongle in the same port on this same laptop under Debian, and it didn't run 
this slow.  But, I had to try.

I pulled my Bluetooth/USB2.0 combo card out of my laptop bag and popped it 
into the Presario.  A message popped up in the console saying the OS had 
recognized the card, so I popped the wifi dongle into the USB 2.0 port.

Reset the interface and zzzzzzoooooooooommmmmmm!!!  Fast internet!

And I have Bluetooth to boot.

OK, I've decided that I like OpenBSD.  Now to have some fun!