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OpenBSD 5.7 Released

128 points| fcambus | 11 years ago |marc.info | reply

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[+] chrissnell|11 years ago|reply
If I wanted to buy the sweetest laptop available that works well with OpenBSD 5.7, what would I buy?
[+] erglkjahlkh|11 years ago|reply
Probably 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.

[+] foodstances|11 years ago|reply
Depends what specs you want, but a ThinkPad X240 would be well supported.
[+] Xylemon|11 years ago|reply
It's so weird to see one of my programs on the packages FTP. Feels pretty awesome!
[+] zdw|11 years ago|reply
Out of curiosity, which one?
[+] krylon|11 years ago|reply
About time!

Just kidding. It is impressive how the OpenBSD developers manage to stick to their release schedule.

[+] Mathnerd314|11 years ago|reply
It's interesting that OpenBSd's xhci driver is new, while Linux has had an xhci driver for several years...
[+] christianbryant|11 years ago|reply
Simply one of the finest and most reliable systems to date. Kudos.
[+] elchief|11 years ago|reply
Excellent! 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?

[+] marios|11 years ago|reply
It 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).
[+] iwwr|11 years ago|reply
Any reason for the removal of loadable kernel modules?
[+] brynet|11 years ago|reply
LKM(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.
[+] mp3geek|11 years ago|reply
How about a reason for nginx removal?