This might fall on deaf ears might get me banned but people need to understand that a majority of the Linux code is written by RedHat and they get their funding from the government. Furthermore the Linux community as a whole does not re-read (audit) their code to ensure that no sneaky developer has snuck in a backdoor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_%28software_bug%29
I understand that Linux is open source but so is OpenBSD. The code for Linux was originally written by Linus Torvald, but now its RedHat (funded by the Goverment) who does a TON of coding now for Linux. Essentially Linux = Government Funded Operating System
Linux may have been built for the average joe, but it is not this way anymore. So much of the code in Linux is not checked at all!
OpenBSD is a much safer operating system, and they regularly audit their code. Yes OpenBSD has had bugs (Heartbleed) but they have been much more difficult to exploit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed
It will be a lot tougher learning OpenBSD compared to Linux. The community is not there to hold your hand and in fact they will insult you for not taking your time to educate yourself because there is a plethora of written material.
But at the end of the day you are using an operating system were the code is not financed by RedHat aka the Government.
New flash: Tor is also funded by the US gov't. Don't use it, it's not safe!!! /s