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OpenBSD 4.0 Pre-orders are Available

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the come-and-get-it dept.

fuzzyping1 writes "Pre-orders for OpenBSD 4.0 are now available in the online store. Five architectures on three CDs in a soft-shell DVD case. Check out the highlights of OpenBSD 4.0. This new release includes support for many new wireless chipsets, the UltraSPARC III platform, a new load-balancing feature for network trunks, and much, much more."

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  1. Re:Netcraft has confirmed it... by ntgs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    OpenBSD is actually turning into a very usable OS. I find it funny when I hear criticism of OBSD, it usually comes from people that have never tried using it. If you have never tried OpenBSD I suggest you start here: http://www.openbsd101.com/ Then make your judgements.

  2. Re:VAX by LurkerXXX · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My guess? The people who actually have VAX machines and care about them, made the changes. Not some guy who has one or two alphas.

    Lots of other folks wrote new bits that work fine on x86, etc. It's not like the VAX updates were the only ones made. Why complain about people writing additional features for machines they use just because you don't use them?

  3. Re:Relevance? by keithmo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    FWIW (not much) I usually buy one copy of OpenBSD whenever a new version is released, if for no other reason than to support OpenSSL development. You may not be an OpenBSD fan, but if you're running Linux, you're probably also running OpenBSD-derived software.

  4. Re:VAX by kv9 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    OpenBSD is the new NetBSD?

    perhaps you meant the old NetBSD? with 17 supported platforms (as opposed to 60) it aint king of portability.

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