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It's good that they have their priorities straight. No more Linux binaries support (who need compatibility anyways?), but instead you get 5 songs sung by the project leader.
If you want to run Linux apps, run them on your Linux box and use your OpenBSD machine to firewall it off
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It is - I did not know this. I purchased a USB-DVD player for the sole purpose of getting a physical delivery of OpenBSD. Sad to see it go by the wayside.
I can't tell if this is a joke.
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It does? I was under the impression the only reason anyone still did that was to give something physical to donators.
Don't forget the awesome stickers!
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CDs are read-only, whereas a USB stick has (generally insecure) firmware that can be modified. So in a setting where the user is concerned about persistent USB malware, it can make sense to use them. It's a niche concern of course, but I suspect it's a little bit more common in the OpenBSD community than in many others. Of course it shouldn't be too hard for those users to build their own install boot CDs with the ta…
What happens if your cd that comes in the mail is swapped out for a different cd by a malicious actor?
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Perhaps I'm the only person using computers in 2016 who only installs OpenBSD via CD :-)
I only do to enjoy the pleasure of old ways. Interacting with CDs and CD drives reminds me of when it was cutting edge. Tray mechanics, the speed intake of spinning motors. Even the latency and seek sounds. And somehow, the (almost since it's on DVD RW) immutability. In some ways, the sheer speed of SSD is ... boring when you're not in a hurry. ps: a bit like vynil lovers who take their player out for similar reasons…
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Perhaps I'm the only person using computers in 2016 who only installs OpenBSD via CD :-)
I only do to enjoy the pleasure of old ways. Interacting with CDs and CD drives reminds me of when it was cutting edge. Tray mechanics, the speed intake of spinning motors. Even the latency and seek sounds. And somehow, the (almost since it's on DVD RW) immutability. In some ways, the sheer speed of SSD is ... boring when you're not in a hurry. ps: a bit like vynil lovers who take their player out for similar reasons…
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Gets PF for free, complains.
Gmail is free, would you be happy if they updated it and your email didn't work anymore? I love OpenBSD but they constantly change the rule syntax for pf, which invalidates huge swaths of forum posts and other online documentation, even published books. The man page doesn't contain every conceivable explanation and example for every scenario either, nor could it, so that is also not a solution. Whether or not the pri…
I would shrug, meh and do something else.
I've had my lifestyle made illegal a couple of times. Perspective.
"To deter code reuse exploits, rc(8) re-links libc.so on startup, placing the objects in a random order." I love this defense in depth, buried in the release notes... https://www.openbsd.org/60.html
So in practice, this doesn't really deter anything. Information leaks are everywhere.