OpenBSD 6.3 Released (marc.info)

OpenBSD announced on Monday that v6.3 update, which was slated to be released on April 15, is ready for download. From the announcement post: This is our 44th release. We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more than twenty years with only two remote holes in the default install. As in our previous releases, 6.3 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system. You can read about the changes and improvements here.

Comments

OpenBSD is extremely underrated

[Anonymous Coward]

Among all the current Unix-like operating systems out there, OpenBSD remains the most true to the traditional Unix philosophy. Their level of commitment to code quality and good documentation is, frankly, foreign to the Linux world these days. They've done a huge amount of excellent work over the years and if their philosophy sounds interesting to you, I urge you to check it out and donate.

Small nit, but

[93 Escort Wagon]

Why does the submission link to someone’s “congratulations” email response instead of the original email announcement... or the web posting about the release itself?

https://www.openbsd.org/63.htm...

OpenBSD ... making the internet safe for Linux

[perpenso]

two holes in an install with zero packages that can do nothing but ssh yay?

Actually a common use for OpenBSD is a firewall and/or router. Built-in packages accomplish these and other infrastructure roles. Thus making the internet a safer place to tread for Linux boxes with whatever is the fad-of-the-moment development stack. ;-)

Re: two holes

[Brockmire]

They seem to be pretty proud of being able to keep two remote bugs for 20 years. One would think they'd fix them instead of boasting about them for so long. I mean, other OS's probably have more for longer to brag about.

Re:Two Assholes

[grub]

I've used it since the late 90's. I'm sure there are more assholes than Theo and I using it.