OpenBSD - Revision history

Waves at 14:46, 14 September 2021

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Pew at 22:57, 3 January 2019

2019-01-03T22:57:07Z

Pew: Undo revision 6310 by imported>Pew (talk)

2019-01-03T22:55:31Z

Undo revision 6310 by [[Special:Contributions/imported>Pew|imported>Pew]] ([[User talk:imported>Pew|talk]])

imported>Pew: Replaced content with "Category:Pending deletion"

2018-01-04T00:39:46Z

Replaced content with "Category:Pending deletion"

imported>Pew at 07:21, 3 January 2018

2018-01-03T07:21:35Z

imported>Pew at 07:21, 3 January 2018

2018-01-03T07:21:12Z

imported>Pew at 03:54, 3 January 2018

2018-01-03T03:54:19Z

imported>Echarlie: /* Features */

2016-04-04T14:52:27Z

‎Features

imported>Echarlie at 14:50, 4 April 2016

2016-04-04T14:50:39Z

imported>Echarlie at 14:50, 4 April 2016

2016-04-04T14:50:23Z

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 and OpenNTPD, which are very widely available as packages in other operating systems.
-The OpenBSD project follows a 6-month release cycle, with the most recent release being 5.9, released on 29 March 2016, over a month early.
+The OpenBSD project follows a 6-month release cycle, with the most recent release being 6.9, released on 1 May 2021.
-This release has a [[User:Timelord|jpo]] theme.
+This release celebrates being the 50th release from the project.
 == Features ==
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 * PF upstream
 * Release music
 * More [[w:Unix philosophy|unixy]] than Linux, if less so than [[w:Plan 9|Plan 9]]
 * Good support for archaic hardware used by [[gp:WUVT|WUVT]], such as sparc64, ppc, and ppc64
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 * Kernel not multithreaded
 * Network stack not multithreaded ([https://www.openbsd.org/59.html Changed with 5.9] to support limited SMP)
-* Doesn't effectively manage more than 4 GiB RAM
+* Doesn't effectively manage more than 4 GiB RAM on platforms other than AMD64
 * Has limited support for modern wireless hardware
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 * [[User:Via|via]]
 * [[User:Timelord|jpo]]
 === Use for routers and not much else ===

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 '''OpenBSD''' is a [[w:Unix-like|Unix-like]] computer operating system descended from
 [[w:Berkeley Software Distribution|Berkeley Software Distribution]] (BSD),a Research Unix derivative
-developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from [[NetBSD]] by project leader
+developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from [[w:NetBSD|NetBSD]] by project leader
 [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Theo_de_Raadt Theo de Raadt] in late 1995. As well as the operating system,
 the OpenBSD Project has produced portable versions of numerous subsystems, most notably PF, [[Secure Shell|OpenSSH]]
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 The OpenBSD project follows a 6-month release cycle, with the most recent release being 5.9, released on 29 March 2016, over a month early.
-This release has a [[User:Timelord|Timelord]] theme.
+This release has a [[User:Timelord|jpo]] theme.
 == Features ==
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 [[Category:Software]]
-[[Category:Linux distributions]]
+[[Category:Linux Distributions]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:55, 3 January 2019
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−	[[Category:~~Pending deletion~~]]	+	'''OpenBSD''' is a [[w:Unix-like\|Unix-like]] computer operating system descended from
		+	[[w:Berkeley Software Distribution\|Berkeley Software Distribution]] (BSD),a Research Unix derivative
		+	developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from [[NetBSD]] by project leader
		+	[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Theo_de_Raadt Theo de Raadt] in late 1995. As well as the operating system,
		+	the OpenBSD Project has produced portable versions of numerous subsystems, most notably PF, [[Secure Shell\|OpenSSH]]
		+	and OpenNTPD, which are very widely available as packages in other operating systems.
		+
		+	The OpenBSD project follows a 6-month release cycle, with the most recent release being 5.9, released on 29 March 2016, over a month early.
		+	This release has a [[User:Timelord\|Timelord]] theme.
		+
		+	== Features ==
		+	* High security in default install
		+	* Xorg '''Just Works (TM)'''
		+	* PF upstream
		+	* Release music
		+	* More [[w:Unix philosophy\|unixy]] than Linux, if less so than [[w:Plan 9\|Plan 9]]
		+	* Good support for archaic hardware used by [[gp:WUVT\|WUVT]], such as sparc64, ppc, and ppc64
		+
		+	== Anti-Features ==
		+	* Kernel not multithreaded
		+	* Network stack not multithreaded ([https://www.openbsd.org/59.html Changed with 5.9] to support limited SMP)
		+	* Doesn't effectively manage more than 4 GiB RAM
		+	* Has limited support for modern wireless hardware
		+
		+	== Notable users ==
		+	This is a list of people who won't answer your questions about OpenBSD, and will instead tell you to [[RTFM]].
		+
		+	=== Use often ===
		+	* [[User:Via\|via]]
		+	* [[User:Timelord\|jpo]]
		+
		+	=== Use for routers and not much else ===
		+	* [[User:ackthet\|ackthet]]
		+	* [[User:Telnoratti\|telnoratti]]
		+	* [[User:Echarlie\|echarlie]]
		+
		+	[[Category:Software]]
		+	[[Category:Linux distributions]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:39, 4 January 2018
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−	~~TODO: Move to software page~~	+	[[Category:Pending deletion]]
−
−	~~'''OpenBSD''' is a [[w:Unix-like\|Unix-like]] computer operating system descended from~~
−	~~[[w:Berkeley Software Distribution\|Berkeley Software Distribution]] (BSD),a Research Unix derivative~~
−	~~developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from [[NetBSD]] by project leader~~
−	~~[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Theo_de_Raadt Theo de Raadt] in late 1995. As well as the operating system,~~
−	~~the OpenBSD Project has produced portable versions of numerous subsystems, most notably PF, [[Secure Shell\|OpenSSH]]~~
−	~~and OpenNTPD, which are very widely available as packages in other operating systems.~~
−
−	~~The OpenBSD project follows a 6-month release cycle, with the most recent release being 5.9, released on 29 March 2016, over a month early.~~
−	~~This release has a [[User:Timelord\|Timelord]] theme.~~
−
−	~~== Features ==~~
−	* High security in default install
−	* Xorg '''Just Works (TM)'''
−	* PF upstream
−	* Release music
−	* More [[w:Unix philosophy\|unixy]] than Linux, if less so than [[w:Plan 9\|Plan 9]]
−	* Good support for archaic hardware used by [[gp:WUVT\|WUVT]], such as sparc64, ppc, and ppc64
−
−	~~== Anti-Features ==~~
−	* Kernel not multithreaded
−	* Network stack not multithreaded ([https://www.openbsd.org/59.html Changed with 5.9] to support limited SMP)
−	* Doesn't effectively manage more than 4 GiB RAM
−	* Has limited support for modern wireless hardware
−
−	~~== Notable users ==~~
−	~~This is a list of people who won't answer your questions about OpenBSD, and will instead tell you to [[RTFM]].~~
−
−	~~=== Use often ===~~
−	* [[User:Via\|via]]
−	* [[User:Timelord\|jpo]]
−
−	~~=== Use for routers and not much else ===~~
−	* [[User:ackthet\|ackthet]]
−	* [[User:Telnoratti\|telnoratti]]
−	* [[User:Echarlie\|echarlie]]
−
−	[[Category:~~Needs restoration~~]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:21, 3 January 2018
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	* [[User:Echarlie\|echarlie]]		* [[User:Echarlie\|echarlie]]

−	~~[[Category:BSD and other Unix]]~~
	[[Category:Needs restoration]]		[[Category:Needs restoration]]

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-TODO: Readily available via google
+TODO: Move to software page
 '''OpenBSD''' is a [[w:Unix-like|Unix-like]] computer operating system descended from
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 [[Category:BSD and other Unix]]
-[[Category:Pending deletion]]
+[[Category:Needs restoration]]