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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
 
[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]]
 
 
 
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