OpenBSD 5.4 Released!

Contributed by jcr on 2013-11-01 from the my-favorite-things dept.

November 1st 2013, Calgary, Alberta and elsewhere:

The OpenBSD project has announced the release of OpenBSD 5.4, the project's 35th release on a steady six month release cycle.

You can order a CDROM set to help support the project.

Notable advancements include new or extended platforms like octeon and beagle, moving VAX to ELF format, improved hardware support including Kernel Mode Setting (KMS), overhauled inteldrm(4), experimental support for fuse(4), reworked checksum handling for network protocols, OpenSMTPD 5.3.3, OpenSSH 6.3, over 7,800 ports, and many other improvements and additions.

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By JehunlyDeeunly (174.51.135.48) on 2013-11-02 16:48

I received my cd's a few days ago and upgraded my home fw this morning in about 15 minutes. Thanks for such smooth running software! #feelingsafer
By Laurence Rochfort (80.0.78.224) on 2013-11-02 20:01

I think this is a landmark release for functionality on modern laptops. 3D support for SandyBridge, KMS and intel without kernel locks will make the world of difference. That combined with the much improved ACPI and threading make for a thoroughly usable laptop.

Oh and if course the new ARM support means OpenBSD now runs my home server AT LAST!

Awesome work all!
By Ralph Siegler (ralphsiegler) admail@rsiegler.org on 2013-11-06 21:23 http://www.rsiegler.org

Only problem I had upgrading is that my /etc/rc.d scripts were probably carried over from year to year for a while, enough changed that a few daemons wouldn't start. Copying over that part of the etc.tgz fixed things. Thankful as always for the great release.
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1. By phessler (phessler) on 2013-11-08 19:32 why in god's name am I wearing pants?
  
  > Only problem I had upgrading is that my /etc/rc.d scripts were probably carried over from year to year for a while, enough changed that a few daemons wouldn't start. Copying over that part of the etc.tgz fixed things. Thankful as always for the great release.
  
  ALWAYS, ALWAYS run sysmerge when you upgrade. You MUST upgrade etc.

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