OpenBSD 7.9 Released

https://www.openbsd.org/79.html

63•bradley_taunt•53m ago

Comments

mghackerlady•23m ago

Sweet, I was just wondering when 7.9 would release. And with a song! We haven't gotten one of those in a while iirc

kvuj•21m ago

A song released with it too! So much care for OpenBSD.

alex1138•19m ago

BSDs are interesting projects. As I understand it there's a broad difference of them all doing things reasonably well but a) Free is general-purpose, b) Net is especially portable/many architecture and Open is security focused

novafunc•11m ago

OpenBSD's primary purpose is to create artwork (https://www.openbsd.org/artwork.html), releasing an OS is a side project.

mghackerlady•10m ago

FreeBSD is mainly server focused. There's been work on the desktop recently, but it isn't what FreeBSD devs are paid to focus on. To be fair to the people paying them, it's a damn good server OS.

Also, check out DragonflyBSD. It has a really nice filesystem and Dillon does good work

canpan•8m ago

I always wanted to get into bsd, especially openbsd. I like the idea of a more cohesive os.

But I don't really know what to use it for to get started. My desktop runs linux with steam for games. My AI server needs rocm drivers so ubuntu-server. My vps runs debian, maybe that one, but there is no DO image for BSD. Open for ideas..

nelsonic•5m ago

OpenBSD for the layer where you need the highest security. We use it for hosting our Postgres clusters. You could easily use it for your VPS. There is a learning curve. But if you’re already comfortable with Linux you’ll pick it up in a few hours.

systems•16m ago

the canadian OS :)

Guestmodinfo•3m ago

Yes free from American restrictions. Because America law prohibits from giving out cryptography to outside countries so according to OpenBSD we outsiders have no luck in getting a cryptographically secure operating system except for OpenBSD

clbrmbr•4m ago

Anyone here using OpenBSD? If so, for what purpose?

I’ve always wanted to use NetBSD for an application for an embedded system / IoT device but never had the pleasure (yet!).

nelsonic•3m ago

With all the security issues constantly being uncovered in other Operating Systems - which will only accelerate with Ai - it’s time everyone considers OpenBSD. Their decades-long security-focus is second to none. We have fully converted from Ubuntu/Debian to OpenBSD. No looking back.

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