OpenBSD 6.8 Released (OpenBSD's 25th anniversary)

guest · Oct 19, 2020

OpenBSD 6.8 Released With Support For New PowerPC64 Platform
This 48th release marks the 25th anniversary of OpenBSD projects
October 19, 2020
https://fossbytes.com/openbsd-6-8-released-with-support-for-new-powerpc64-platform/

esterday, marking the 25th anniversary of the OpenBSD project, its founder Theo de Raadt, officially announced the release of a new version, OpenBSD 6.8.

Starting in October 1995, OpenBSD 6.8 is its 48th release that comes with numerous updates, a new arm64 and armv7 hardware support, security and kernel improvements, and new userland features.
It is also one of the most popular distributions of the BSD family.
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OpenBSD 6.8 now features time-counting in userland to eliminate the need for context switching whenever a process needs the current time. Subsequently, it improves the speed and responsiveness of several real-world software like browsers and office suites.

Additionally, it has also brought new userland features along with bug fixes and tweaks.
Furthermore, v6.8 also includes various kernel improvements including a new kstat utility that allows kernels to expose statistics to userland.
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OpenBSD 6.8 (October 18, 2020)
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