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OpenBSD 4.1 Released

Posted by kdawson on from the hot-bits dept.

adstro writes to quote from the BSD mailing list: "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.1. This is our 21st release on CD-ROM (and 22nd via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of ten years with only two remote holes in the default install. As in our previous releases, 4.1 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system."

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  1. Just curious... by darnok · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My OpenBSD firewall box is several years old now (version 3.x), just keeps working and probably will until the 8yo hardware finally dies. Although I'm interested in the features in 4.1, and congratulate the developers on what'll doubtless be another good release, ultimately I'll probably stick with my existing setup. I *love* OpenBSD, for precisely one reason; it does what it's supposed to, and in my experience it *never* fails. However, I'm very unlikely to upgrade to any new version; why change something that works perfectly?

    For those of you using OpenBSD, how many of you are in a similar situation?

  2. Re:Downloads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why don't people understand that the world of ISOs isn't practical
    for EVERYTHING? They're not "refusing" anything, the OpenBSD people
    provide an easy manner to obtain and install OpenBSD via ftp.

    For beginners, and for people who don't understand try looking here:

    http://www.openbsd101.com/

    The above site is Linux user friendly.

  3. OpenBSD 4.1 Release Song by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You mustn't exclude the OpenBSD 4.1 Release song from this article!

    http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html
    ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song41.mp3

  4. But... by Arielholic · · Score: 5, Funny

    But.... does it have UAC?