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OpenBSD 5.7 Released
- iwwr 11y agoAny reason for the removal of loadable kernel modules?
- brynet 11y agoLKM(4) support had mostly been only "compile tested" for years. Practically nothing used it, and at the time of it's removal the ports tree contained a single module.. a firmware flasher for some old Dell servers.
- zdw 11y agoOpenBSD also makes it pretty easy to compile drivers into a custom kernel: http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq5.html#Why http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq5.html#Why And to configure an already compiled kernel with UKC: http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq5.html#BootConfig http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq5.html#BootConfig So most of the time there's little need for kernel modules.
- mp3geek 11y agoHow about a reason for nginx removal?
- stsp 11y agosee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9202522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9202522
- krylon 11y agoAbout time! Just kidding. It is impressive how the OpenBSD developers manage to stick to their release schedule.
- Mathnerd314 11y agoIt's interesting that OpenBSd's xhci driver is new, while Linux has had an xhci driver for several years...
- nickysielicki 11y agoNot really. Intel pays people to write drivers for linux. OpenBSD is basically entirely volunteers.
- zdw 11y agoOpenBSD tends to re-engineer things rather than use reference implementations - for example, their ACPI (power management) interface is a ground up implementation, whereas most others are simply copies of Intel's code: http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/schedule/events/131.en.html http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/schedule/events/131.en.html
- Xylemon 11y agoIt's so weird to see one of my programs on the packages FTP. Feels pretty awesome!
- zdw 11y agoOut of curiosity, which one?
- the_derelict 11y agoI've been using Linux for many many years and do it for a living but I've somehow always glossed over BSD and never spent much time learning about it so I'm genuinely wondering... Those of you who'd prefer BSD over Linux, why?
- christianbryant 11y agoSimply one of the finest and most reliable systems to date. Kudos.
- chrissnell 11y agoIf I wanted to buy the sweetest laptop available that works well with OpenBSD 5.7, what would I buy?
- foodstances 11y agoDepends what specs you want, but a ThinkPad X240 would be well supported.
- chrissnell 11y agoInteresting. I want a "developer-class" laptop. Well-built, moderately fast, reliable. The reviews on Amazon for that X240 complain about a crappy trackpad. Wonder if there are other good options.
- eeZi 11y agoIt's not that bad.
- mmarx 11y ago> It's not that bad. As someone used to the trackpoint on an X201, yes, it is practically unusable.
- davidgerard 11y agoThe trackpad on this series is not the greatest - I'm finding precision not very good. (X230 running Xubuntu 14.04.) There's probably some setting to make it less annoying.
- erglkjahlkh 11y agoProbably not anything new from Asus. I just recently purchased one, and it's pure UEFI. The newest models have begun removing the options to enable "legacy mode", so you can't run legacy operating systems anymore. This will probably become more and more common, and after the next couple years it will be extremely hard to find any good laptop that would run openBSD.
- elchief 11y agoExcellent! Congrats to the team. Glad to see postgres 9.4 in packages, and more improvements to libressl. Anybody got an opinion on a decent openbsd vps?
- hobarrera 11y agohttps://arpnetworks.com/ https://arpnetworks.com/ I've been with them about five years now. No real issues during this time.
- marios 11y agoIt is possible to install OpenBSD on vultr.com by using the custom ISO procedure. I got one last month, and it works great. You can also try using the SSDVPS coupon code to gain $20 of credit (it worked last month, but I can't seem to find if it's still active).