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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 [[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]]
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 56.9, released on 29 March 2016, over a month early1 May 2021.This release has a [[User:Timelord|Timelord]] themecelebrates being the 50th release from the project.
== Features ==
* PF upstream
* Release music
* Comprehensive documentation for the base system
* 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
* 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 RAMon platforms other than AMD64
* Has limited support for modern wireless hardware
* [[User:Via|via]]
* [[User:Timelord|jpo]]
* [[User:Waves|waves]]
=== Use for routers and not much else ===
* [[User:Echarlie|echarlie]]
[[Category:BSD and other UnixSoftware]][[Category:Pending deletionLinux Distributions]]