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OpenBSD 6.3 Released

posted by martyb on Tuesday April 03 2018, @09:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the Software-for-and-by-nerds dept.

DavePolaschek and t-3 write:

OpenBSD 6.3 wasn't supposed to be released until April 15th, but everything is done (except the release song - no word on that, yet), so Theo says it's released. Usual raft of new stuff, and better ARM-64 support, which is getting closer to production-ready.

We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 6.3. This is our 44th release. We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more than twenty years with only two remote holes in the default install.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @10:14AM (14 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @10:14AM (#661886)

    Linux feels increasingly like a baroque ball of goo, and GNU software increasingly feels like a languishing, rusting thing of yesteryear.

    How does OpenBSD feel?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @11:01AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @11:01AM (#661889)

    Like using an inside-out pufferfish for an onahole.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @11:02AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @11:02AM (#661890)

    In a 20 year old coffin, and realizing you are in fact dead.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Dr Spin on Tuesday April 03 2018, @12:55PM (3 children)

    by Dr Spin (5239) on Tuesday April 03 2018, @12:55PM (#661920)

    How does it feel?

    Like Unix with no artificial flavouring or colouring - or massive security blunders.

    --
    Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @12:58PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @12:58PM (#661921)

      I bet you are the guy who asks for "Unnatural Yoghurt" and "artificial spring water" in the grocery store.

      • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday April 03 2018, @03:23PM

        by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday April 03 2018, @03:23PM (#661979) Journal

        They're the kinda guy who prefers to buy and prepare quality food with instead of McDonalds.

    • (Score: 2) by epitaxial on Tuesday April 03 2018, @05:18PM

      by epitaxial (3165) on Tuesday April 03 2018, @05:18PM (#662043)

      I've been running it for years on a small home server. It does light www duty and archives video from my surveillance cameras. I like how you get an OS and the basic userland and that is all. You only add what is needed. Upgrading to a new release takes 10 mins.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @05:21PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @05:21PM (#662044)

    The BSD's feel like what linux should be - the documentation is great, the pieces all fit together, and it feels like something designed rather than cobbled together. OpenBSD will get you from install to a useable desktop in less than 10 minutes, the defaults are sensible, and everything just works. FreeBSD has better hardware support, but I prefer the OpenBSD userland.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday April 03 2018, @08:14PM (2 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday April 03 2018, @08:14PM (#662142) Journal

      Some Linux still feels like this. You just need to use a very bare-bones distro without SystemD. I've been using and loving Void for months; it feels like FreeBSD but with Linux internals. Give it a try.

      --
      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 04 2018, @04:46AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 04 2018, @04:46AM (#662346)

        Some things every Linux comes out of the box with, such as nicer virtual terminals, loads of filesystems, crypto, SMP, and much better support for hardware.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 04 2018, @03:45PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 04 2018, @03:45PM (#662521)

          More support != better support.