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OpenBSD 4.3 Pre-Orders Online!

Contributed by dwc on from the rowing-to-a-different-drummer dept.

OpenBSD 4.2 logo

Pre-orders are now being accepted for OpenBSD 4.3, which is scheduled for release on May 1st 2008.

This release contains a wealth of new features and improvements: major improvements to several architectures, new tools such as snmpd, X11 support for SGI, more than 4900 ports, much more!

Get yours (International, Europe) NOW, because security matters!

The new t-shirt and poster are also available for pre-order.

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  1. By Jim Razmus II (jim) jtr2-undeadly@bonetruck.org on http://www.bonetruck.org/

    Just ordered. Was I first? ;-)

    If not, at least I got first post here. Small victory while I wait for the cd's.

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    1. By polydorus 26 (218.214.194.113) on

      > Just ordered. Was I first? ;-)
      >
      > If not, at least I got first post here. Small victory while I wait for the cd's.

      What's the timestamp on your order ack message?
      Mine says: 2008/3/10-18:21:43-2012. Let's see how close we were.

      I've been plotting to have a quick notification of when the orders opened and damned if it didn't happen whilst I was out picking up a power supply for a customer's server.

      Murphy again!

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      1. By Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd (216.239.33.25) weerd@weirdnet.nl on http://www.weirdnet.nl/

        > > Just ordered. Was I first? ;-)
        >
        > What's the timestamp on your order ack message?
        > Mine says: 2008/3/10-18:21:43-2012. Let's see how close we were.

        I have 2008/3/10-17:58:50-22562 and confirmation that I'm second. Too slow ! ;(

        Comments

        1. By Pierre Riteau (82.240.212.223) on

          > > > Just ordered. Was I first? ;-)
          > >
          > > What's the timestamp on your order ack message?
          > > Mine says: 2008/3/10-18:21:43-2012. Let's see how close we were.
          >
          > I have 2008/3/10-17:58:50-22562 and confirmation that I'm second. Too slow ! ;(

          Beat you by 12 minutes ;) 2008/3/10-17:46:27

          Comments

          1. By Jim Razmus II (jim) on http://www.bonetruck.org/

            > > > > Just ordered. Was I first? ;-)
            > > >
            > > > What's the timestamp on your order ack message?
            > > > Mine says: 2008/3/10-18:21:43-2012. Let's see how close we were.
            > >
            > > I have 2008/3/10-17:58:50-22562 and confirmation that I'm second. Too slow ! ;(
            >
            > Beat you by 12 minutes ;) 2008/3/10-17:46:27

            You all beat me since I came in at 2008/03/10-20:21:1.

            Looks like I have to be happy with my first post victory (yeah, lame I know).

            Time to start training for the next race in 6 months. ;-)

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

              > You all beat me since I came in at 2008/03/10-20:21:1.
> 
> Looks like I have to be happy with my first post victory (yeah, lame I know).  
> 
> Time to start training for the next race in 6 months.  ;-)
>
              Well I can only judge for Europe, but these were the top 4 early birds over here: 
              20080310-174627 Pierre    (France)
20080310-175042 Me        (to test the webform... Pierre beat me to it!)
20080310-175850 Paul      (Switzerland)
20080310-184638 Alexander (Sweden)

  2. By Eric (71.179.250.80) on

    Puffy sportin' a 'fro in this release? What is that?

    He's RICK JAMES, b***h!

    Comments

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

      > Puffy sportin' a 'fro in this release? What is that?
      >
      > He's RICK JAMES, b***h!

      I thought it might be a fleece, but come to think of it you're probably correct!

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      1. By Polydorus 26 (218.214.194.113) on

        > > Puffy sportin' a 'fro in this release? What is that?
        > >
        > > He's RICK JAMES, b***h!
        >
        > I thought it might be a fleece, but come to think of it you're probably correct!

        You thought right the first time. It's Puffy Jason with the Golden Fleece on board the Argo. Safely away from the calls of the Sirens and all those other dangerous adventures.

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        1. By Noryungi (noryungi) noryungi @ yahoo.com on

          > > > Puffy sportin' a 'fro in this release? What is that?
          > > I thought it might be a fleece, but come to think of it you're
          > > probably correct!
          >
          > You thought right the first time. It's Puffy Jason with the Golden
          > Fleece on board the Argo. Safely away from the calls of the Sirens
          > and all those other dangerous adventures.

          I thought it was Ulysses who escaped the calls of the sirens?

          That would make our dear mascot Pufflysses?

          (Sorry... could not resist) :-)

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          1. By polydorus 26 (218.214.194.113) on

            > > > > Puffy sportin' a 'fro in this release? What is that?
            > > > I thought it might be a fleece, but come to think of it you're
            > > > probably correct!
            > >
            > > You thought right the first time. It's Puffy Jason with the Golden
            > > Fleece on board the Argo. Safely away from the calls of the Sirens
            > > and all those other dangerous adventures.
            >
            > I thought it was Ulysses who escaped the calls of the sirens?
            >
            > That would make our dear mascot Pufflysses?
            >
            > (Sorry... could not resist) :-)
            >

            Both Jason and Odysseus had to deal with the Sirens. Jason had Orpheus to play music so loudly that the Argonauts could not hear the Sirens' call so the Argo escaped the rocky islands on which the Sirens dwelt.

            I don't think old Useless met them. ;-)

            Comments

            1. By Anonymous Coward (68.238.235.118) on


              >
              > Both Jason and Odysseus had to deal with the Sirens. Jason had Orpheus to play music so loudly that the Argonauts could not hear the Sirens' call so the Argo escaped the rocky islands on which the Sirens dwelt.
              >
              > I don't think old Useless met them. ;-)

              If 'Useless' is a reference to Ulysses, you should know that Ulysses and Odysseus are the same person. If it's not, I'm dreadfully confused.

        2. By Anonymous Coward (24.84.108.103) on

          > > > Puffy sportin' a 'fro in this release? What is that?
          > > >
          > > > He's RICK JAMES, b***h!
          > >
          > > I thought it might be a fleece, but come to think of it you're probably correct!
          >
          > You thought right the first time. It's Puffy Jason with the Golden Fleece on board the Argo. Safely away from the calls of the Sirens and all those other dangerous adventures.
          >

          It does look a bit like Puffy has shiny golden ear hair.

          Comments

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

            > It does look a bit like Puffy has shiny golden ear hair.
            having seen a higher resolution images (poster in pre-press), I can safely say it's not ear hair but gold laurel wreath from the evergreen tree, representing victory and eternal life.

            See, Puffy is a winner ;-)

  3. By Ian McWilliam (202.7.166.167) on

    The link to the "security(8)" should be
    http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=security&sektion=8
    not
    http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=security&sektion=5
    on the
    http://www.openbsd.org/43.html#new
    page.

  4. By Anonymous Coward (218.186.13.1) on

    How do i know the tshirt sizes. seems sizes S and M varies across the world. whats the length and chest width of sizes S and M for the openbsd ones

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

      > How do i know the tshirt sizes. seems sizes S and M varies across the world. whats the length and chest width of sizes S and M for the openbsd ones

      One day (tm) I'll put a nice description online with the size, but there are various models and series that have been printed.

      Currently (and mostly) we use in Europe and Canada Gildan Tshirts, Heavy weight (210 grams). The sizes are US sizes, so they tailor pretty big. For example, I am 1m88, 95 kg and I fit in a size L.

      Comments

      1. By Anonymous Coward (89.77.162.243) on


        > Currently (and mostly) we use in Europe and Canada Gildan Tshirts, Heavy weight (210 grams). The sizes are US sizes, so they tailor pretty big. For example, I am 1m88, 95 kg and I fit in a size L.

        hmmm, just checked my wireframe puffy, also Gildan, M for 180/87 is a bit tight. ok, ok so I put on at least 12kg since I bought it, but it was always a bit tight in the shoulders.

  5. By Anonymous Coward (192.16.134.68) on

    "some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment."

    This was true for the 4.2 release, has there been any changes in 4.3? I've been browsing the changelog without finding anything about it, but maybe I missed it.
    If I understand the problem correctly there is no problems with having *discs* larger than 2TB, but the partitions on it must be <2TB.

    Anyone running _big_ raidarrays on OpenBSD, and have some campfire-stories of their adventures, for the rest of us that lack the funding to get hold of such hardware? :)

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    1. By Otto Moerbeek (otto) on http://www.drijf.net

      > "some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment."
      >
      > This was true for the 4.2 release, has there been any changes in 4.3? I've been browsing the changelog without finding anything about it, but maybe I missed it.
      > If I understand the problem correctly there is no problems with having *discs* larger than 2TB, but the partitions on it must be <2TB.
      >
      > Anyone running _big_ raidarrays on OpenBSD, and have some campfire-stories of their adventures, for the rest of us that lack the funding to get hold of such hardware? :)

      Yes, this has been fixed. See plus.html: Make FFS code for disk block numbers 64-bit clean. Quota and statfs is still only 32-bit.

      I'll make the entry for 43.html soon.

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      1. By Anonymous Coward (192.16.134.68) on

        > > "some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment."
        > >
        > > This was true for the 4.2 release, has there been any changes in 4.3? I've been browsing the changelog without finding anything about it, but maybe I missed it.
        > > If I understand the problem correctly there is no problems with having *discs* larger than 2TB, but the partitions on it must be <2TB.
        > >
        > > Anyone running _big_ raidarrays on OpenBSD, and have some campfire-stories of their adventures, for the rest of us that lack the funding to get hold of such hardware? :)
        >
        > Yes, this has been fixed. See plus.html: Make FFS code for disk block numbers 64-bit clean. Quota and statfs is still only 32-bit.
        >
        > I'll make the entry for 43.html soon.
        >
        >

        Must have missed that one while browsing, thanks for pointing it out.
        One question; What would the practical result be of using a >2TB partition while Quota and statfs still are 32-bit? nothing, simply wrong info sent to user by the apps, end of the world?

        I'm quite interested in the work being done in the whole lets-have-support-for-insanely-large-discs area. A dev's blogg on the subject here on undeadly would be really appreciated! If any devs are reading this... nudge, nudge, hint, hint ;)

        Comments

        1. By Otto Moerbeek (otto) on http://www.drijf.net


          >
          > Must have missed that one while browsing, thanks for pointing it out.
          > One question; What would the practical result be of using a >2TB partition while Quota and statfs still are 32-bit? nothing, simply wrong info sent to user by the apps, end of the world?
          >
          > I'm quite interested in the work being done in the whole lets-have-support-for-insanely-large-discs area. A dev's blogg on the subject here on undeadly would be really appreciated! If any devs are reading this... nudge, nudge, hint, hint ;)

          I did some posts some time ago.

          If you do not use quota, you won't see any problem. If you do use quota, do not expect it to work as it should on filesystems larger than 2TB (iirc).

          As for statfs: df will show wrong values, but that's about it.

          I have a diff that will be comitted to 4.4 to solve this.

  6. By Anonymous Coward (24.37.242.64) on

    What does the artwork symbolize this time? Curious to know.

  7. By Anonymous Coward (81.83.46.237) on

    Ordered it, looking forward to it ... (on Lenovo R60)

    OpenBSD 4.3 (GENERIC) #695: Tue Mar 4 14:28:56 MST 2008
    <snip />
    acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
    acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
    acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
    acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (AGP_)
    acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP0)
    acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP1)
    acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 4 (EXP2)
    acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 12 (EXP3)
    acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 21 (PCI1)
    acpiec0 at acpi0
    acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2
    acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature 127 degC
    acpitz1 at acpi0: critical temperature 100 degC
    acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_
    acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB
    acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "92P1141" serial 5361 type LION oem "SONY"
    acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present
    acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
    acpidock at acpi0 not configured
    <snip />

    Comments

    1. By Anonymous Coward (81.83.80.223) on

      Hmm, good point. Will ACPI still be enabled in 4.3 release? Or will it be switched off again?

      Comments

      1. By Brad (2001:470:8802:3:216:41ff:fe17:6933) brad at comstyle dot com on

        > Hmm, good point. Will ACPI still be enabled in 4.3 release? Or will it be switched off again?

        Enabled. It is easy enough to disable if you have a system where it does
        not work properly at the moment.

  8. By Alex Hafey (82.69.184.245) on

    2xCD plus donation - doubleplus good.

    Let me be the first to say "Wim Rocks!"

    Thanks again to all the OpenBSD folks.

    Regards,
    Alex.

    P.S. I've been too quiet, work sucks sometimes...

  9. By mjl (2001:960:719::ac1d:1) on

    even though this release is not yet out, thanks to the openbsd devs for making this.

    also thanks to wim, for providing a nice way to donate and for shipping the cd's etc.

    great stuff!

  10. By Joe Price (75.144.71.81) on

    Newest song on the page is still 4.2 :(

    Comments

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

      > Newest song on the page is still 4.2 :(

      Well, let's keep it like that until those who pre-ordered their CD got it (mid April) and *then* put it online? ;-)

  11. By Yves (87.194.39.146) on

    I wish I had not pre-ordered. My credit card has already been charged with Euro 50. I doubt the disks will be shipped for at least a month.

    I'll never pre-order in future.

    Comments

    1. By Annoyed Coward (203.20.79.132) on

      > I wish I had not pre-ordered. My credit card has already been charged with Euro 50. I doubt the disks will be shipped for at least a month.
      >
      > I'll never pre-order in future.

      Do you have a point?

      If you had any doubt, why did you pre-order? And how exactly is that OpenBSD's fault?

      Comments

      1. By Anonymous Coward (99.132.212.21) on

        > If you had any doubt, why did you pre-order? And how exactly is that OpenBSD's fault?

        I can't speak for Canada or the OP's country, but in the U.S., charging the buyer's credit card before shipment is considered a pretty shady business practice. Secondly, if the seller doesn't ship within 30 days of charging the buyer's credit card, they're in violation of federal law. The FTC has levied some very significant fines in the past against companies that have violated this law.

        Assuming they're not already doing so, the fulfillment folks really should be clearly stating their policy so there are no misunderstandings.




        Comments

        1. By Anonymous Coward (71.10.175.238) on

          > > If you had any doubt, why did you pre-order? And how exactly is that OpenBSD's fault?
          >
          > I can't speak for Canada or the OP's country, but in the U.S., charging the buyer's credit card before shipment is considered a pretty shady business practice. Secondly, if the seller doesn't ship within 30 days of charging the buyer's credit card, they're in violation of federal law. The FTC has levied some very significant fines in the past against companies that have violated this law.
          >
          > Assuming they're not already doing so, the fulfillment folks really should be clearly stating their policy so there are no misunderstandings.
          >
          >
          >

          So what part of "To be released May 1, 2008" isn't understood? Seems pretty clear that the order is placed and the shipment is made later.

          Just be glad you ordered it and enjoy it.

          I haven't regretted any of my CDs yet.

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