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OpenBSD 4.6 released

52 points by edw519 17y ago

0wned 17y ago
One of the finest, simplest Unix implementations anywhere. Also gave us OpenSSH, OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD, and PF. Donate to a good cause: http://openbsd.org/donations.html http://openbsd.org/donations.html
- masklinn 17y ago
  Or better, buy a CD set.
protomyth 17y ago
Now that they have the suggested partitions, I think it has one the simplest text installers out there. I wonder what the adoption rate of the new smtpd will be.
bjg 17y ago
Nice overview at undeadly. http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20091018155319 http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=2009101815531...
Zarathu 17y ago
I donated $50. They never cease to amaze me.
zokier 17y ago
Nice release song too :) http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#46 http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#46 Does it refer to Ubuntu or am I misinterpreting? edit: 4.5 song is still missing commentary :(
- JeremyChase 17y ago
  I think the song is clearly about Apple. My favorite line is 'One button coma'. PS: sitting at my MPB right now. :)
toisanji 17y ago
OpenBSD is one of my favorite operating systems, I don't think it gets the credit it deserves. That mentioned, there are a few things that have slowed its adoption down. -drivers for common things such as network cards come to the OS much slower than OSes such as linux. -the ports system often does not have the latest versions of software because of more code reviews. -the OS runs somewhat slower than other *nix based operating systems
- lil_cain 17y ago
  The ports system also doesn't do updates if you're following -stable, which is a really big deal for most people. Plus its SMP support is incredibly poor.
gaius 17y ago
Anyone have it running under VirtualBox yet?
lantrix 17y ago
Been using this since 2.7 and it gets better every release. I'm happy they still use Apache 1.3 and it's solid. Been running a chrooted httpd server on OpenBSD for close to 10 years, and it has not been compromised once.
- bliving 17y ago
  2.7 was the first CD set I purchased. Haven't regretted it. It was their 'man' pages that sold me. Complete and helpful. Their great documentation is one of their unsung accomplishments.
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52 points by edw519 17y ago

0wned 17y ago

One of the finest, simplest Unix implementations anywhere. Also gave us OpenSSH, OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD, and PF. Donate to a good cause: http://openbsd.org/donations.html http://openbsd.org/donations.html

masklinn 17y ago
Or better, buy a CD set.

protomyth 17y ago

Now that they have the suggested partitions, I think it has one the simplest text installers out there. I wonder what the adoption rate of the new smtpd will be.

bjg 17y ago

Nice overview at undeadly. http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20091018155319 http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=2009101815531...

Zarathu 17y ago

I donated $50. They never cease to amaze me.

zokier 17y ago

Nice release song too :) http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#46 http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#46 Does it refer to Ubuntu or am I misinterpreting? edit: 4.5 song is still missing commentary :(

JeremyChase 17y ago
I think the song is clearly about Apple. My favorite line is 'One button coma'. PS: sitting at my MPB right now. :)

toisanji 17y ago

OpenBSD is one of my favorite operating systems, I don't think it gets the credit it deserves. That mentioned, there are a few things that have slowed its adoption down. -drivers for common things such as network cards come to the OS much slower than OSes such as linux. -the ports system often does not have the latest versions of software because of more code reviews. -the OS runs somewhat slower than other *nix based operating systems

lil_cain 17y ago
The ports system also doesn't do updates if you're following -stable, which is a really big deal for most people. Plus its SMP support is incredibly poor.

gaius 17y ago

Anyone have it running under VirtualBox yet?

lantrix 17y ago

Been using this since 2.7 and it gets better every release. I'm happy they still use Apache 1.3 and it's solid. Been running a chrooted httpd server on OpenBSD for close to 10 years, and it has not been compromised once.

bliving 17y ago
2.7 was the first CD set I purchased. Haven't regretted it. It was their 'man' pages that sold me. Complete and helpful. Their great documentation is one of their unsung accomplishments.

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