OpenBSD 7.7 Released

Longtime Slashdot reader me34point5 writes: OpenBSD quietly released the new version (7.7) of its "secure by default" operating system. This is the 58th release. Changes include improved hardware and VMM support, along with many kernel improvements. This release brings several specific improvements, including performance boosts on ARM64, Arm SVE support, AMD SEV virtualization enhancements, better low-memory handling on i386, and improved suspend/hibernate and SMP performance. It also updates graphics drivers with support for AMD Ryzen IA 300, Radeon RX 9070, and Intel Arrow Lake, along with expanded hardware support for MediaTek SoCs.

A full list of changes can be found here.

Upgrade time

[ArchieBunker]

My router/firewall machine has been running OpenBSD for many years now. Kudos to the team for all their work. I'll be running sysupgrade this weekend.

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[Anonymous Coward]

It's nice to see that all two users are on Slashdot.

Re: Upgrade time

[drinkypoo]

Everything just works until the driver for a very common Intel NIC that works fine on Linux keeps freezing and refusing to pass any more traffic and you almost lose your job because you trusted OpenBSD. And that, friends, is when I stopped buying the CDs and T-Shirts.

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[kimmo]

Ah, it's that time of the year again - I’ll get synchronized with the releases coming like clockwork. Time to dust off the air filter and upgrade. :)
And it's great stuff indeed, been running on my firewalls and server boxes for over 20 years with no drama whatsoever.

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[me34point5]

I used to use it as my firewall as well but I've been on OPNsense for a little while now. Lot more bang for the buck in terms of effort vs. out of the box features.

Upgraded

[jmccue]

Congratulations, upgraded my workstation, eazy-peezy. OpenBSD has the easiest upgrade process of any UNIX type system I have ever used.

Proof that people don't care about security

[phantomfive]

If people cared about security, more would be using OpenBSD.

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[eneville]

There's selinux and apparmor too, but few people use those.

Obligatory

[mjvvjm]

It is now official. Netcraft has confirmed: *BSD is dying One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered *BSD community when IDC confirmed that *BSD market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that *BSD has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last [sa

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[scalptalc]

Sweet Jesus and a side of fries, I was hoping somebody would post this. Like the old days, when this site was smarter and funner. Thanks mjvvjm. If you ever need bus fare it's on me (local only).