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OpenBSD 8.0

OpenBSD 8.0

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Comments (73)

  • k310
    I am not on board with the graphic, whatever the heck it is.https://www.openbsd.org/images/blowfishonbike-s.gif
  • robalni
    I find it quite annoying that I have to have a monitor plugged in for the upgrade to work. Otherwise it reboots into the old version after downloading. Is this a common problem?
  • gucci-on-fleek
    Does the version number going from v7.X->v8.0 mean that this is a larger update than v7.8->v7.9, or does the numbering just automatically roll over to the next major version when it reaches vX.9?
  • rootnod3
    MP support for VMM/VMD is huuuuge.
  • anon
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  • nanolith
    I've used OpenBSD as a laptop daily driver for nearly 20 years. It's small. It remains mostly consistent between updates. In fact, it's so stable that I barely notice changes when I upgrade until I go hunting for them.The Lenovo laptop I use as my travel laptop and console display is a 2012. It still runs OpenBSD just fine.
  • idatum
    I have a Lenovo laptop running OpenBSD 8.0.What I really appreciate about it is I started with OpenBSD 7.6. Using sysupgrade, I went through every release (and syspatch) and just now successfully upgraded to 8.0. It still works great!
  • hollowonepl
    Good job and much clearer release notes than the ones I was reading about recent Linux release by the way.. much more informative and better organised to understand the impact in practical terms. #BSD_hellyeah
  • zdw
    In recent past releases there was a noticeable improvement to SMP related networking bits.Does anyone have benchmarks between 8.0 and previous releases in that department?
  • MycroftJones
    When I read the Changelog I had to check if it was April Fools day. Is this a real OpenBSD release? Feels early. Also, many of those changes don't sound like real OpenBSD changes.
  • anon
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  • kstrauser
    Anyone managed to get this running on a 2018 (Intel) Mac Mini? I tried 7.8 or 7.9, I forget which, not long ago and was flummoxed.
  • diskinsight
    [dead]
  • jan_m_savage
    like a virus, slop will infect the techsphere, and it will become a real pain in the bollocks to siftt thru the mountains of semi-slop just to get to the real, reliable and human-made stuff.