OpenBSD 6.0 Released (sdtimes.com)

LichtSpektren writes: Version 6.0 of the free operating system OpenBSD has just been released. This release features much improved hardware and armv7 support, a new tool called proot for building software ports in an isolated chroot environment, W^X that is now strictly enforced by default, and removal of official support for Linux emulation, usermount, and systrace. The release announcement can be read here. The release is OpenBSD's 40th release on CD-ROM and 41st release via FTP/HTTP.

Comments

R.I.P. VAX

[chrism238]

VAX support removed from OpenBSD. Now *that* should have been the headline!

Re:Good Heavens!

[Anonymous Coward]

Been using it since 2005 as my net gateway. Runs a bunch of services and provides net to the home. Never had a problem. Upgrading every release, twice a year like clockwork.

Linus and Theo in a pissing contest (again)

[UnknownSoldier]

Two things caught my eye in the release notes:

Security improvements:
* Remove systrace.
* Remove Linux emulation support.

Theo has some cool slides about "Pledge" that replaced systrace. Slide 3 has this "gem":

"Loudmouth Linus"
http://www.openbsd.org/papers/...

Note: NSFW

That was a response to Linus saying "the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys."
http://www.zdnet.com/article/l...

Ouch.

Wow, not even the alternative OS's are free from drama -- sad to see Linus (Linux) and Theo (OpenBSD) having to resort to name calling over "best practices" about security.

Theo might be getting the last laugh though:

http://www.openbsd.org/papers/...
http://www.openbsd.org/papers/...

Adopted some designs from others. We are know for PUSHING mitigations into mainstream use:

- stack protector
- W^X
- ASLR
- malloc with seatbelts
- priv- separation & priv-drop

I guess if name calling helps make the OS's better so be it. :-)

Re:The best feature is the lack of systemd.

[TheRaven64]

BSDs are actually attempting to copy the new Linux network code, since it's years ahead of the BSDs.

Hmm, that must be why Netflix and WhatsApp run FreeBSD (Netflix alone being responsible for over 30% of of US Internet traffic and able to saturate multiple 40GigE links from a single server with SSL) and why Facebook posted a job advert for a Linux kernel dev a few months ago with the goal of 'making the Linux network stack competitive with FreeBSD within 5 years'.