OpenBSD 5.8 Preorders Enabled, Release Song Published

Contributed by pitrh on 2015-08-19 from the We will make you so much better dept.

Two important events of the OpenBSD 5.8 release cycle happened today:

On the Orders page, pre-orders for the new release have been enabled
On the Lyrics page, the OpenBSD 5.8 release song has been published, with links to OGG and MP3 formats available.

The release date is October 18th, to mark the 20th anniversary of creation the OpenBSD CVS tree, as Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) noted in the announcement:

Subject:    openbsd 5.8 pre-orders
From:       Theo de Raadt 
Date:       2015-08-19 15:18:13

We have just activated pre-orders for openbsd 5.8.  The release date
is oct 18, which seems a long time from now.  This is being stretched
out to ensure the CD2 production problems don't happen again.

Oct 18, 2015 is the 20th anniversary of the creation of the CVS tree
that we develop all our software in.  For the file src/Makefile it
happened at 08:37 Calgary time, so I presume I was doing an all-nighter...
That is effectively the the birth of OpenBSD.  anoncvs started up a few
months later...

A day to remember, that's for sure!

Go ahead, be the first one on your block to have the new release! Head over to the Orders page and get your OpenBSD 5.8 release CDs and swag! (Direct link to the CD here.)

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By Noryungi (noryungi) noryungi@yahoo.com on 2015-08-19 20:05

The cover picture is really great! I was able to identify Theo, Niels Provos, Bob Beck, Miod Vallat, Roger Moore and a couple of others... But it would be really great to include, in the liner notes, a short description with all the names of the developpers shown!

Ordering my CD set right now...
Comments
1. By Anonymous Coward (174.21.164.145) on 2015-08-19 23:20
  
  I was able to identify Puffy!
2. By Bob Beck (24.114.36.64) Beck@openbsd.org on 2015-08-20 00:06
  
  > The cover picture is really great! I was able to identify Theo, Niels Provos, Bob Beck, Miod Vallat, Roger Moore and a couple of others... But it would be really great to include, in the liner notes, a short description with all the names of the developpers shown!
  >
  > Ordering my CD set right now...
  
  The liner of the cd has a key to who is who.
By Just Another OpenBSD User (79.100.134.212) on 2015-08-20 12:53

Salute! 20 Years, incredible! Seems like yesterday, good times... good times.

Great news, thanks again to everyone, indeed it has always been a very rewarding experience using OpenBSD!

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