OpenBSD 5.5 Released

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From the OpenBSD Journal and the release page :
As you can now easily tell from the OpenBSD main web site, OpenBSD 5.5 has been released.
Looking at the release announcement and other sources such as the release page , it's easy to see that there are numerous goodies in store for you:
  • A whole new traffic shaping system to replace ALTQ
  • Cryptographically signed base sets and packages
  • Automatic installation features
  • Improved hardware support, and more
Also, from OpenBSD 5.5 onwards, OpenBSD is year 2038 ready and will run well beyond Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 UTC. The entire source tree (kernel, libraries, and userland programs) has been carefully and comprehensively audited to support 64-bit time_t.

Re: 64 bit time (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-05-02 18:06 (#1B8)

It's a bitchy HP Laptop. (I said 'bitchy,' not 'bitching.') I knew it before I even started the project of installing. BSDs and even some Linuxes, actually, are notoriously finicky on laptop hardware; openBSD has less hardware compatibility than other BSDs, etc. But openBSD wanted nothing to do with this laptop, which I suspected before even trying. That's OK because I probably wouldn't want to run it on a laptop anyway; I'd want it on a router or a tower/desktop etc. So no hard feelings.
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