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OpenBSD 6.0 released

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Re: OpenBSD 6.0 released

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps I'm the only person using computers in 2016 who only installs OpenBSD via CD :-)

I haven't even owned a computer with a CD/DVD drive in over 10 years. One thing that drives me mad is that computer manufacturers still distribute recovery images as DVDs, even though the computers the discs are for don't have drives.

USB CD/DVD drives exist

Re: OpenBSD 6.0 released

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post #5

I am not an OpenBSD user, but as in every release I am happy to check the lyrics for the release song, this time we got 6 so it's awesome :) http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#60a

That song[0] brings a smile to my face. Keep up the great work OpenBSD!

[0]: http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song60a.mp3

Re: OpenBSD 6.0 released

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't even owned a computer with a CD/DVD drive in over 10 years. One thing that drives me mad is that computer manufacturers still distribute recovery images as DVDs, even though the computers the discs are for don't have drives.

USB CD/DVD drives exist

Yeah I know, it's just annoying to own something you'll need once every 2 years or so.

Re: OpenBSD 6.0 released

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Now, that OpenBSD runs on Xen (and, by extension, on Amazon EC2), is there an official AMI?

If I understand correctly, this also means that the main excuse for it not being supported on DigitalOcean is now alleviated. :- )

Doesn't DigitalOcean use KVM?

Re: OpenBSD 6.0 released

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post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

USB CD/DVD drives exist

Yeah I know, it's just annoying to own something you'll need once every 2 years or so.

In fact, I prefer to own something that I use once or twice a year (and between different computers at that), and then store in a box somewhere, rather than having a piece of computer suck in dust and whatnot all the time.

Not exactly a counterpoint to what you were saying, but somehow related.

Re: OpenBSD 6.0 released

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post #7

Yay! I get to spend 5 hours figuring out how to update the syntax for my pf.conf rules.

I'm assuming you run 5.9.

There is only one entry in http://www.openbsd.org/plus60.html so I would assume you don't have to change your rules. Also pfctl -n should tell you.

"In pf.conf(5), change the parser to make af-to on pass out rules an error. This fixes a bug where a nonworking configuration could be loaded."

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