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Pre-Orders Available for OpenBSD 4.1

Contributed by dwc on from the FIFO dept.

You can now place your pre-orders for OpenBSD 4.1 CDs & Posters!

This is another great release, with CDs bootable on 5 architectures. Many, many new things including: the new landisk platform; improved UltraSparc III support in the sparc64 platform; scads of new devices supported; new tools like pkg-config, hoststated, new ripd, bgplg, bgplgsh; new functionality in existing utilities such as spamd, and much more.

You also get OpenBGPD 4.1, OpenOSPFD 4.1, OpenNTPD 4.1.

This release's theme is "Puffy Baba & the 40 Vendors" and features all new, original artwork and music, featured in the ultra-cool DVD case, instruction booklet, stickers, and poster. As we saw with the 4.0 release, this means NO MORE BROKEN TABS!

Also in this release are the usual batch of code cleanups and improvements, and too many things to list here. See the OpenBSD 4.1 Release page for the whole scoop.

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  1. By Wim (88.82.33.37) wim@kd85.com on https://kd85.com/notforsale.html

    And this releases early bird is Paul from Switzerland who ordered 4.1 even before it was announced on undeadly...

    Congratulations Paul!

    (Last time he was the fourth one to order, so looking closely at those cvs changelogs finally paid off ;-)

    Comments

    1. By Tobias Weisserth (143.93.17.28) on https://www.weisserth.eu

      > And this releases early bird is Paul from Switzerland who ordered 4.1 even before it was announced on undeadly...
      >
      > Congratulations Paul!
      >
      > (Last time he was the fourth one to order, so looking closely at those cvs changelogs finally paid off ;-)

      My order is up too. Great work OpenBSD team!

    2. By Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd (84.75.96.98) weerd@weirdnet.nl on http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/

      > And this releases early bird is Paul from Switzerland who ordered 4.1 even before it was announced on undeadly...
      >
      > Congratulations Paul!
      >
      > (Last time he was the fourth one to order, so looking closely at those cvs changelogs finally paid off ;-)

      Thanks ! ;)

      I've actually been the first to order once before, a couple releases ago (3.8). Nice to see the new release shaping up to be yet another gem !

      Thanks to all the hardworking devs for their work on OpenBSD and thanks, Wim and Austin, for sending us the goods. Keep it up !

      Comments

      1. By Daniel (66.63.10.94) daniel@presscom.net on

        > > And this releases early bird is Paul from Switzerland who ordered 4.1 even before it was announced on undeadly...
        > >
        > > Congratulations Paul!
        > >
        > > (Last time he was the fourth one to order, so looking closely at those cvs changelogs finally paid off ;-)
        >
        > Thanks ! ;)
        >
        > I've actually been the first to order once before, a couple releases ago (3.8). Nice to see the new release shaping up to be yet another gem !
        >
        > Thanks to all the hardworking devs for their work on OpenBSD and thanks, Wim and Austin, for sending us the goods. Keep it up !

        Darn, I was watching the cvs too and proceed right away. Where in the list am I then. I did order even before it was on updeadly.

        Order number 2007/3/12-11:39:37-xxxxx:

        I was trying to be first! (;>

        I guess Paul I will need to wait for 4.2 to try to beat you to it! (;>

  2. By Anonymous Coward (80.131.66.56) on

    Great!
    Just a question, will there be no T-Shirt for this release? A nice theme, it would be a shame if there was no shirt this time...
    Thanks a lot!

    Chris

    Comments

    1. By Darrin Chandler (dwc) on http://www.stilyagin.com/darrin/

      > Just a question, will there be no T-Shirt for this release? A nice theme, it would be a shame if there was no shirt this time...

      The song isn't announced yet, either. Don't worry. It will come!

      Comments

      1. By wim (88.82.33.37) wim@kd85.com on https://kd85.com/notforsale.html

        > > Just a question, will there be no T-Shirt for this release? A nice theme, it would be a shame if there was no shirt this time...
        >
        > The song isn't announced yet, either. Don't worry. It will come!

        Tshirt art is a bit delayed because we want to get it right. And of course to avoid any confusion, we prefer to have the full art up before you place your order, you don't want buy a blob in a bag, right? ;-)

        I'm sure there will be a post to undeadly once the Tshirt orders are up.

        If you place a Tshirt order in Europe, put your CD order confirmation order code (the thing that says 2007/03/12-11:23:10-28134) in additional comments and I'll try and batch up both order to save on shipping and make sure you get both at the same time.

        Offer limited as long as I'm not too overworked ;)

        Comments

        1. By Anonymous Coward (80.131.81.169) on

          >
          > If you place a Tshirt order in Europe, put your CD order confirmation order code (the thing that says 2007/03/12-11:23:10-28134) in additional comments and I'll try and batch up both order to save on shipping and make sure you get both at the same time.
          >
          > Offer limited as long as I'm not too overworked ;)

          Splendid Idea! ;)

          Thanks to y'all,
          Chris

  3. By binsi (87.174.64.120) on

    Thanks again to the people behind the project for all your professional work !

    Now, I only have to wait for my new mastercard to do my order ....

    Comments

    1. By Bret Lambert (tbert) on

      I would strongly second the "professional" part of this. I've been digging through code from other projects and, well...

      Most of that code makes the baby Jesus cry...

  4. By Johan Torin (jtorin) jtorin yeah gmail right com on

    Slightly OT, but does the text around the border of the case/picture mean anything? My arabic is a bit rusty...

    Shokran!

    Comments

    1. By Pierre Riteau (82.67.133.98) on

      >
      > Slightly OT, but does the text around the border of the case/picture mean anything? My arabic is a bit rusty...
      >
      >
      >
      > Shokran!
      >

      If you look closely, you will see that it is written 'openbsd' in an arabic-like font ;)

      Just ordered the cds, I want to listen to the song now :)

    2. By Anonymous Coward (24.84.108.103) on

      > Slightly OT, but does the text around the border of the case/picture
      > mean anything? My arabic is a bit rusty...

      I think it says "Allah durka durka mohammed jihad".

      Comments

      1. By Anonymous Coward (69.60.110.191) on

        > > Slightly OT, but does the text around the border of the case/picture
        > > mean anything? My arabic is a bit rusty...
        >
        > I think it says "Allah durka durka mohammed jihad".
        >

        It sounds more like this.

    3. By tedu (71.139.164.105) on

      >
      > Slightly OT, but does the text around the border of the case/picture mean anything? My arabic is a bit rusty...

      i'm pretty sure it means "openbsd 4.1"

  5. By Anonymous Coward (149.169.135.31) on

    Are those stuffed Puffy's still around? I can't ever find them.

    (I suspect they're all gone, but if there's a chance I could get one in the US, that'd be awesome).

    Comments

    1. By Wim (88.82.33.37) wim@kd85.com on https://kd85.com/notforsale.html

      > Are those stuffed Puffy's still around? I can't ever find them.
      >
      > (I suspect they're all gone, but if there's a chance I could get one in the US, that'd be awesome).

      https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu

      scroll down on the page

      It will be shipped from Europe with regular mail A Prior for EUR 10

      Comments

      1. By Anonymous Coward (70.67.139.159) on

        > > Are those stuffed Puffy's still around? I can't ever find them.
        > >
        > > (I suspect they're all gone, but if there's a chance I could get one in the US, that'd be awesome).
        >
        > https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu
        >
        > scroll down on the page
        >
        > It will be shipped from Europe with regular mail A Prior for EUR 10

        Why isn't this available in North America... I want one :(

        Comments

        1. By Anonymous Coward (71.234.149.35) on

          > Why isn't this available in North America... I want one :(


          I ordered one from the US, and it arrived just fine.

      2. By Cobalt (70.162.93.223) on

        > > Are those stuffed Puffy's still around? I can't ever find them.
        > >
        > > (I suspect they're all gone, but if there's a chance I could get one in the US, that'd be awesome).
        >
        > https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu
        >
        > scroll down on the page
        >
        > It will be shipped from Europe with regular mail A Prior for EUR 10

        Wow. 55 euros with 10 euro shipping is US$86 (and a special bonus 10% charge for currency conversion from my credit card company).

        Comments

        1. By mike (195.137.231.42) on

          > > > Are those stuffed Puffy's still around? I can't ever find them.
          > > >
          > > > (I suspect they're all gone, but if there's a chance I could get one in the US, that'd be awesome).
          > >
          > > https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu
          > >
          > > scroll down on the page
          > >
          > > It will be shipped from Europe with regular mail A Prior for EUR 10
          >
          > Wow. 55 euros with 10 euro shipping is US$86 (and a special bonus 10% charge for currency conversion from my credit card company).

          ahh, but they are so worth it. Mine makes me smile every time i look up from my PC

        2. By Wim (88.82.33.37) wim@kd85.com on https://kd85.com/notforsale.html

          > > https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu
          > >
          > > scroll down on the page
          > >
          > > It will be shipped from Europe with regular mail A Prior for EUR 10
          >
          > Wow. 55 euros with 10 euro shipping is US$86 (and a special bonus 10% charge for currency conversion from my credit card company).

          Actually the EUR price includes 21% VAT that you need to deduct first.


  7. By Anonymous Coward (88.67.21.211) on

    I wonder what the Arabian letters making up the border around the DVD cover mean. Theo's private ssh key? :)

    No seriously the artwork looks great like it always does. The only problem is that now I wonder what the exact meaning of this theme is until the song is released.

    Comments

    1. By Mark (Niten) on http://markshroyer.com/

      > I wonder what the Arabian letters making up the border around the DVD cover mean. Theo's private ssh key? :)
      >
      > No seriously the artwork looks great like it always does. The only problem is that now I wonder what the exact meaning of this theme is until the song is released.

      If you haven't seen it yet, the poster gives us a better hint of this release's theme: http://www.openbsd.org/images/poster17.gif. "Puffy Baba & the 40 Vendors"... I like it.

      I'm a relatively new user, so this is actually the first time I've ordered an OpenBSD release. Thanks to the OpenBSD team for the excellent work! At the risk of sounding like a little schoolgirl, I just can't wait to get my stickers...

  8. By Venture37 (Venture37) venture37@hotmail.com on www.geeklan.co.uk

    Order placed! :)
    what's The OpenBSD Command-Line Companion Book about???

    Comments

    1. By Venture37 (Venture37) on www.geeklan.co.uk

      > Order placed! :)
      > what's The OpenBSD Command-Line Companion Book about???

      ooh!
      http://www.devguide.net/index.php?q=node/19

      RadioBSD huh!?
      Does the promotion for subscription to the podcast apply if you bought the book from Wim back in the day when the 2nd edition of the book 1st came out??
      Wim?

      Comments

      1. By Anonymous Coward (24.37.242.64) on

        > > Order placed! :)
        > > what's The OpenBSD Command-Line Companion Book about???
        >
        > ooh!
        > http://www.devguide.net/index.php?q=node/19
        >
        > RadioBSD huh!?
        > Does the promotion for subscription to the podcast apply if you bought the book from Wim back in the day when the 2nd edition of the book 1st came out??
        > Wim?

        When will it be available to buy from OpenBSD.org? I'm waiting for this so that I can buy a CD and T-Shirt at the same time.

      2. By wim (88.82.33.37) wim@kd85.com on https://kd85.com/notforsale.html

        > > Order placed! :)
        > > what's The OpenBSD Command-Line Companion Book about???
        >
        > ooh!
        > http://www.devguide.net/index.php?q=node/19
        >
        > RadioBSD huh!?
        > Does the promotion for subscription to the podcast apply if you bought the book from Wim back in the day when the 2nd edition of the book 1st came out??
        > Wim?

        Yes. I'm only not sure how to make it work without violating peoples privacy

        Comments

        1. By Venture37 (Venture37) on www.geeklan.co.uk

          > Yes. I'm only not sure how to make it work without violating peoples privacy

          Email the original invoice to you so that you can double check it on your system??

  9. By Anonymous Coward (129.35.160.156) on


    > You also get OpenBGPD 4.1, OpenOSPFD 4.1, OpenNTPD 4.1.

    Does this mean we'll get a "portable" (as in "portable OpenSSH") 4.1 version for those awasome tools ?

    Comments

    1. By Joachim Schipper (Joachim) on

      > > You also get OpenBGPD 4.1, OpenOSPFD 4.1, OpenNTPD 4.1.
      >
      > Does this mean we'll get a "portable" (as in "portable OpenSSH") 4.1 version for those awasome tools ?

      No, because you are looking at OpenBSD, not <random Linux flavour> here. That said, there have been attempts to port at least OpenBGPD in the past (I don't know how successful these were), and OpenNTPD is available on quite a few Linux distros (at least Debian, last time I checked).

      Joachim

    2. By henning (80.171.41.99) henning@ on

      >
      > > You also get OpenBGPD 4.1, OpenOSPFD 4.1, OpenNTPD 4.1.
      >
      > Does this mean we'll get a "portable" (as in "portable OpenSSH") 4.1 version for those awasome tools ?

      if you do one :)
      seriously, it really depends on wether somebody steps up and does it.
      Darren used to do the ntpd portables, but was very busy with other stuff lately, thus we could not do a 4.0p1.
      for the routing daemons, portable versions are much harder, since they interact with the base system way more, and beyond posix - there's no stadard way to modify the kernel routing table, to begin with.
      that said, it would probably make sense to make a portable OpenBGPD version that does not talk to the kernel routing table at all - i. e. is still suitable for route servers, analysis tasks etc.
      but no matter how you put it, you'll only ever get all fluff on openbsd, other platforms are unfluffy.

  10. By Jeremy Huiskamp (kamper) on

    Dangit, I was gonna opt out for this round with the starving-student excuse but I don't think I can resist and I don't want to break my tiny but growing collection. :(

    Pre-order privileges are a pretty good marketing technique!

  11. By Anonymous Coward (216.68.198.57) on

    Thanks to Theo and Team for another release!
    Got my pre-order.

    Had to use Firefox. Couldn't get lynx to work at the Visa step, order was empty, when before it wasn't.
    Grr, couldn't figure out.

    Would appreciate any input on how to order OpenBSD, with secure cd-rom version.

    I hate looking this stupid, but, GRR, GUI clicker here with all web stuff!

    Peace all.

    Comments

    1. By Miod Vallat (miod) on

      > Had to use Firefox. Couldn't get lynx to work at the Visa step, order was empty, when before it wasn't.
      > Grr, couldn't figure out.

      That's odd, I have placed an order with lynx on OpenBSD/mvme88k some releases ago, just for the sake of it, and it worked.

  12. By Norbert P. Copones (norbert) on

    just ordered mine! just waiting now for the copy of my order on my email.

  13. By tmib (tmib) t m i b AT x s 4 a l l DOT n l on

    Can't....pre-order...yet...must...wait...for...T-shirt...unbearable...AAARGH.
    Seriously though, my order isn't complete without the new T-shirt, I'll wait for that.

  14. By Nick (nickh) nick@tetrodotoxin.org on http://www.tetrodotoxin.org

    4.1 set ordered. I love the theme of this release (especially the border font).

  15. By Anonymous Coward (69.70.68.38) on

    When will the 'OpenBSD Command-Line' book by Jayek be available? I'd like to order that along with a TShirt and CD...

    Comments

    1. By Wim (88.82.33.37) wim@kd85.com on https://kd85.com/notforsale.html

      > When will the 'OpenBSD Command-Line' book by Jayek be available? I'd like to order that along with a TShirt and CD...

      We should get the books about the same time we get the CDs so all will ship together.

  16. By Lawrence Teo (lteo) lteo.openbsd1 ! calyptix.com on http://www.calyptix.com/

    Just pre-ordered.. really look forward to the upcoming release. Thank you for allowing my company to offer our customers the most secure platform available!

  17. By myst (212.98.167.157) stasmyasnikov@gmail.com on

    Does ACPI included in this release?

    Comments

    1. By Anonymous Coward (83.170.102.67) on

      > Does ACPI included in this release?
      Were sorry.. You Apparently failed English..

      The question correctly formated would of been:
      Is ACPI included in this release?

      Comments

      1. By Bret Lambert (tbert) on

        > > Does ACPI included in this release?
        > Were sorry.. You Apparently failed English..
        >
        > The question correctly formated would of been:
        > Is ACPI included in this release?

        Apparently, you failed English too:

        "would of" is incorrect

        "would've," the contraction of the phrase "would have," is what you were looking for.

        Not all OpenBSD users have English as their first language. I'm willing to bet a fair number of them speak it better than you, though.

        Comments

        1. By sthen (85.158.44.148) on

          > > > Does ACPI included in this release?
          > > Were sorry.. You Apparently failed English..
          > >
          > > The question correctly formated would of been:
          >
          > Apparently, you failed English too:
          > "would of" is incorrect

          you were right there, but you missed where were wasn't we're...
          (and I won't even start on formated)...

      2. By myst (212.98.167.157) on

        > > Does ACPI included in this release?
        > Were sorry.. You Apparently failed English..
        >
        > The question correctly formated would of been:
        > Is ACPI included in this release?

        &#1057;&#1072;&#1084;&#1099;&#1081; &#1091;&#1084;&#1085;&#1099;&#1081; &#1096;&#1090;&#1086;&#1083;&#1077;? &#1051;&#1091;&#1095;&#1096;&#1077; &#1073;&#1099; &#1085;&#1072; &#1074;&#1086;&#1087;&#1088;&#1086;&#1089; &#1086;&#1090;&#1074;&#1077;&#1090;&#1080;&#1083;. &#1050;&#1072;&#1084;&#1084;&#1077;&#1085;&#1090;&#1072;&#1090;&#1086;&#1088;, &#1073;&#1083;&#1103;...

    2. By sthen (85.158.44.148) on

      > Does ACPI included in this release?

      :s/Does/Is/

      i would guess at it being in generic but not enabled by default; it's really easy though: 'boot -c' and 'enable acpi'. when the os is installed, you can 'config -e -o /bsd.acpi /bsd', 'enable acpi' and quit, then 'echo set image bsd.acpi > /etc/boot.conf'.

      Comments

      1. By Cobalt (70.162.93.223) on

        > > Does ACPI included in this release?
        >
        > :s/Does/Is/
        >
        > i would guess at it being in generic but not enabled by default; it's really easy though: 'boot -c' and 'enable acpi'. when the os is installed, you can 'config -e -o /bsd.acpi /bsd', 'enable acpi' and quit, then 'echo set image bsd.acpi > /etc/boot.conf'.
        >

        As of the last snapshop I checked, acpi was enabled but the acpibtn and acpitimer functions were not (which is good, because they summarily crashed by box). I suspect this gets hardware compatibility up but may not give all the functions we've come to know as being the "acpi set".

        But hey, feel free to grab a snapshot and see yourself. The code changes all the time.

        Comments

        1. By sthen (85.158.44.149) on

          > As of the last snapshop I checked, acpi was enabled

          It's present in the GENERIC kernels, but disabled.

          $ config -e bsd
          OpenBSD 4.1 (GENERIC) #1435: Sat Mar 10 19:07:45 MST 2007
          deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
          warning: no output file specified
          Enter 'help' for information
          ukc> find acpi
          386 acpi0 at mainbus0 disable bus -1 flags 0x0
          ukc> config: eof

          http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC

          > But hey, feel free to grab a snapshot and see yourself. The code changes all the time.

          Well, it does now that src is unlocked, but there haven't been many changes in the last few weeks.

  18. By Anonymous Coward (68.165.27.172) on

    You should do a xen port and support it, just like there's already a port for sparc64, i386, amd64, alpha, etc.

  19. By Igor Sobrado (sobrado) igor@string1.ciencias.uniovi.es on

    I placed my pre-order this morning too. Don't ask why... one of the few days I do not track cvs@, read OpenBSD journal, or look for news at http://www.openbsd.org/ and there are two of the most important announcements of the year with relation to OpenBSD!

    For these that do not know if investing some money on OpenBSD is a good decision: I can only suggest buying the operating system media, some of the excellent books on this operating system and making a donation. OpenBSD is one of the best operating systems available today, a project that certainly deserve support not only from end-users but by corporations too.

    On an unrelated matter: perhaps a section outlining the improvements on OpenSSH should be added to http://www.openbsd.org/41.html. I know, OpenSSH 4.6 features are described in http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.6. But it would be nice adding them to the OpenBSD 4.1 Release list of features too.

    No need to say it: good work! Thanks!

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