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OpenBSD 4.3 Released

Posted by timothy on from the deserves-more-praise dept.

An anonymous reader writes "OpenBSD 4.3 is now available! Released today, May 1, 2008, 4.3 introduces many new improvements and upgrades. The complete changelog is here. Torrents can be found here." As usual, this release is accompanied by a song.

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  1. Torrents are Available by nebulous_afterthough · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's the tracker - http://openbsd.somedomain.net/
    Most popular architectures appear to be i386, amd64, and sparc64.

  2. Re:none for me, thanks by BobNET · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've always liked the idea of OpenBSD but stuck with Linux because OpenBSD ISO images are so hard to find. IIRC, they do this on purpose.

    ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/i386/install43.iso (replace with address and path to your nearest mirror and architecture where appropriate)

  3. Re:BSD zealots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Apparently you didn't bother looking at why the song is about Stallman. He came onto the OpenBSD mailing list and posted many many times saying how un-free OpenBSD was because it dared to link to some non-free software *in it's port's collection* in case people wanted to download some popular non-free software. He wasted a lot of his time bashing them on their home turf. It's unsurprising that they might spend a little bashing back.

  4. Re:A bad song? by urcreepyneighbor · · Score: 2, Informative

    but they should begin to work together instead of beginning a war. Get your facts straight. Hell, get some facts - at least.

    We didn't start shit.

    We're just ending the war with style, baby. ;)
    --
    "The fight for freedom has only just begun." - Geert Wilders
  5. Re:Obligatory "Run Linux" post by BobNET · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, but does it run Linux?

    Yes.

  6. Re:BSD zealots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    no, you're misinformed. it is the FSF zealot Stallman who was frothing at the mouth accusing OpenBSD of being "not free" because of various licenses that the ports (which are installed by makefile download and compiling by the user, the binaries are not distributed with OpenBSD).

    Stallman should be ashamed of himself for spreading FUD in the OpenBSD mailing lists. He's a hypocrite, since he has made sure the FSF software has windows versions distributed. He's more interested in making a spectacle of himself these days than in advancing the cause of his so-called "free" software.