OpenBSD 5.7 Released
An anonymous reader writes: Right on schedule, OpenBSD 5.7 was released today, May 1, 2015. The theme of the 5.7 release is "Source Fish." There are some big changes in OpenBSD 5.7. The nginx httpd server was removed from base in favor of an internally developed httpd server in 5.7. BIND (named) was retired from base in 5.7 in favor of nsd(8) (authoritative DNS) and unbound(8) (recursive resolver). Packages will exist for BIND and nginx. This version includes a new control utility, rcctl(8), for managing daemons/services, USB 3 support and more. See a detailed log of changes between the 5.6 and 5.7 releases for more information. If you already have an OpenBSD 5.6 system, and do not want to reinstall, upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the Upgrade Guide. You can order the 5.7 CD set from the new OpenBSD Store and support the project.
Obviously ;-)
first post??
Yes, first post, i confirm it - as i confirm that the "confirmed dead" (open/free/net/e.t.c.) BSD is alive enough.
Antisthenes: "Wisdom begins by examining the words/names." - excuse my English, i am (slightly...) better with my Greek!
Looking forward to upgrading ! I think the rcctl is a great new addition to the OS.
No systemd ;)
Seriously, though. Although I can't see myself switching wholesale back to BSD, and the long term *nix-esque commodity (non-specialized) ecosystem will revolve around Linux for the foreseeable future, there are enough people frustrated by the OS vendor directions that it's good to have a backup.
Think of BSD as a third party, to keep the primary two enterprise Linux vendors in check should they decide to ignore their constitu^H^H^H^H^H^H^H users too much.
Hire a Linux system administrator, systems engineer,
Tell us how you really feel
Frost piss missed.
Theo d Rat is a fucking shithead by the way, fuck you Theo, fuck you. And Fuck lennart pottering for his shit systemd fuck shit. Theo is a shithead, but Lennart is a cock smoking butt fucking felching as ramming pig fucker dick stain shit face puke father fucker.
What is this weak-ass shit? Is that the best you can do?
I've seen better rants from little girls peddling girl scout cookies.
If you're gonna rant about something, at least make it somewhat coherent. You can't even fucking spell correctly.
Nice to see these guys continually putting out good stuff. There also seems to be a Google Summer of Code to get the HAMMER2 filesystem in OpenBSD. If this happens I can definitely see swtiching our systems over to OpenBSD from Linux. We have been waiting for a real filesystem with checksumming, compression and deduplication features in OpenBSD for some time now.
Oh yes! BSD will be nothing if they don't charge 2079 centuries ahead of the rest of us!
Y all the h8â½ D:
I understand they replaced nginx with something different. But why a half-finished webserver that doesn't even support things like URL rewriting. For those who seek a secure webserver, but with features to properly support the modern website/framework/CMS, try the Hiawatha webserver.
It doesn't have to be like this. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.
I switched from Fedora to NetBSD. Feels good knowing the OS isn't turning inside out every month. Oh yeah, I hate LVM too. For a desktop? What's wrong with a swap and a /? Nothing is wrong, never was.
Switch to decaf
Systemd is the future!
Here's more Poetteringware to hate, headed for the kernel!
Yup, definitely a good reason to switch. Russell Coker is an idiot. Linking gender identity to systemd makes as much sense as linking Doc Marten's to skinheads. Yeah, some angry nuts emailed him and really do appear to be homophobic woman haters. And Doc Marten's are popular with skinheads.
Does that mean Doc Marten's are a shitty shoe? Does that mean that systemd is a good idea?
Who gives a shit. I'm leaving the drama behind and choosing freedom from the insanity instead. Oh, and Fuck You Russell for suggesting I hate women or homosexuals because I don't like systemd. You're a complete shithead.
Uh...I'm anti-SystemD in the server room and I'm a lesbian. How does this make me a woman hater exactly? Is SystemD female?
I was going to upgrade my servers to Ubuntu 15.04 until I learned that they integrated SystemD into that release, so now is a great time to evaluate OpenBSD in a virtual machine. Maybe OpenBSD could create a section on their web site that provides documentation on the advantages of BSD over Linux as well as some advice on how to avoid common pitfalls that Linux users typically make in BSD. Just for fun, they could call that section "Because of SystemD". In any event, I'm curious to see what I'll miss coming from the Linux world after spending some time in OpenBSD.
On a semi-related note: what's with replacing nginx with their own http daemon? Is the NIH syndrome spreading to OpenBSD as well?
Russell Coker is an idiot. Don't listen to that BS. Use what you like, haters can fuxk themselves.
Still wish OpenSSL would have been renamed to WideOpenSSL
Not that I'd want to, but as a white cis male, am I even allowed to run systemd? Or is my oppression not welcome?
If you were in charge of debian and someone submitted an opensource program for packaging who's author did not like debrah, women, or lesbians and did like reiserFS in it's day and Hans Reiser... would you reject that software for packaging on those grounds?