Difference between revisions of "OpenBSD"
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and OpenNTPD, which are very widely available as packages in other operating systems. | 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 | + | The OpenBSD project follows a 6-month release cycle, with the most recent release being 6.9, released on 1 May 2021. |
| − | This release | + | This release celebrates being the 50th release from the project. |
== Features == | == Features == | ||
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* PF upstream | * PF upstream | ||
* Release music | * Release music | ||
| + | * Comprehensive documentation for the base system | ||
* More [[w:Unix philosophy|unixy]] than Linux, if less so than [[w:Plan 9|Plan 9]] | * 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 | * Good support for archaic hardware used by [[gp:WUVT|WUVT]], such as sparc64, ppc, and ppc64 | ||
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* Kernel not multithreaded | * Kernel not multithreaded | ||
* Network stack not multithreaded ([https://www.openbsd.org/59.html Changed with 5.9] to support limited SMP) | * 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 | * Has limited support for modern wireless hardware | ||
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* [[User:Via|via]] | * [[User:Via|via]] | ||
* [[User:Timelord|jpo]] | * [[User:Timelord|jpo]] | ||
| + | * [[User:Waves|waves]] | ||
=== Use for routers and not much else === | === Use for routers and not much else === | ||
Latest revision as of 14:46, 14 September 2021
OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD),a Research Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader 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, 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 6.9, released on 1 May 2021. This release celebrates being the 50th release from the project.
Contents
Features
- High security in default install
- Xorg Just Works (TM)
- PF upstream
- Release music
- Comprehensive documentation for the base system
- More unixy than Linux, if less so than Plan 9
- Good support for archaic hardware used by WUVT, such as sparc64, ppc, and ppc64
Anti-Features
- Kernel not multithreaded
- Network stack not multithreaded (Changed with 5.9 to support limited SMP)
- Doesn't effectively manage more than 4 GiB RAM on platforms other than AMD64
- 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.
