OpenBSD 4.5 released

[n0cmonkey]

Release announcement

Undeadly discussion

Changes between 4.4 and 4.5

It's a great release. I use systat every day, and the new options/fixes are amazing.

I recommend purchasing a CD if you like the system, the stickers are the best.

 

[slugg]

So the age old question... NetBSD or OpenBSD for development? I'm kinda new to *nix development...

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: slugg
So the age old question... NetBSD or OpenBSD for development? I'm kinda new to *nix development...

Try them both. Look at the code. Read a bit of the mailing lists. See which one you like better.

 

[Nothinman]

For developing userland apps or for joining in the development of the system? If it's the former then whatever you're most comfortable with using, if it's the latter then you need to decide if you can put up with Theo or not. =)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
For developing userland apps or for joining in the development of the system? If it's the former then whatever you're most comfortable with using, if it's the latter then you need to decide if you can put up with Theo or not. =)

It may be more important if Theo can put up with you. 😉

I think there's similar personalities in just about every project. It's when they hinder development that they're a problem. Theo is more of an enabler.

 

[slugg]

Yea, more interested in apps than the actual system development. We'll see, it depends on how much time I have 😉

 

[n0cmonkey]

Some of the malloc options in OpenBSD might be really useful for development/finding bugs. Not sure if those options are in NetBSD or not.

 

[VinylxScratches]

Does OpenBSD come with a GUI by default?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: VinylxScratches
Does OpenBSD come with a GUI by default?

X.Org 7.4 + patches. It's in the release announcement.

As far as window managers go it offers at least Fvwm and cwm in base. Gnome, KDE, XFCE, *box, enlightenment, scrotwm, etc. are available in packages.

cwm is nice on a netbook.