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OpenBSD 3.3 Song

flynn_nrg writes "Even although version 3.3 is not out yet, users can already enjoy the new 3.3 song: "Puff the Barbarian". Like other Barbarians before him, Puff has had to face some pretty crazy challenges. This song is an allegory of the recent difficulties we went through dealing with Sun, who refused our request for documentation about their UltraSPARC III processors. We want documentation, because these are the fastest processors with a per-page eXecute bit in the MMU, needed to fully support our new W^X security feature. In the meantime, the AMD Hammer has come onto the scene, and this processor supports an eXecute bit in 64-bit mode. And it is going to be faster... Both mp3 and ogg versions available."

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