OpenBSD 8.0 arrives with security record still intact

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOpenBSD 8.0 is out, the sixty-first release of the operating system, and Ars Technica says it adds Intel Arc graphics support, ARM64 hibernation and guests with up to sixty-four virtual CPUs.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIn plain words, please. Some of us have a podcast to run and no idea what a virtual CPU is.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA virtual machine is a pretend computer inside a real one.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEach pretend computer can now have sixty-four pretend brains, and the graphics card support is described as initial.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorInitial? So the graphics card is still learning to walk, and the rest of us are supposed to cheer from the stands.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt also drops Loongson support, because that architecture didn't work with the Clang twenty-two compiler, according to Phoronix.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNot dropped. Loongson is on a gap year from a compiler it couldn't work with.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe kernel's address space also goes from four gigabytes to five hundred twelve, so it can map more than four gigabytes of video memory.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's all volunteer work.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorVolunteers?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe project says its default install has had only two remote holes in a heck of a long time. Two.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn a heck of a long time.