Download OpenBSD 6.9

The new semi-annual release of OpenBSD has come out. on this page is a comprehensive list of ftp and http download locations. OpenBSD descends from the original Berkeley Software Distribution and has the characteristic that the developers only want to use open source software. Furthermore, the operating system is known for its excellent documentation and safety. The complete release notes can be found on this page are found, here are briefly the main changes of this fiftieth release of OpenBSD:

OpenBSD 6.9 Released

OpenBSD 6.9 is now available with a wide variety of improvements to better its hardware driver support as well as advancing its software capabilities in competing with other BSDs and operating systems at large. OpenBSD 6.9 most notably brings some preliminary support for Apple’s ARM64 M1 SoC along with other modern hardware improvements.

• The ASTFB driver was added to provide frame-buffer support for ASpeed ​​BMC controllers.
• Preliminary support was added for the Apple M1 SoC across multiple drivers.
• A wide variety of other OpenBSD on ARM64 improvements.
• RAID1C was added for an encrypted RAID1 SOFTRAID configuration.
• Support for a process to open a video device multiple times, which fixes issues with Firefox and other software.
• Various SMP improvements.
• AMD Vi and Intel VT IOMMU support has been enabled.
• LLVM’s LLDB debugger is now supported for build and installation in the OpenBSD user-space.
• A wide variety of network driver improvements.
• Many improvements thanks to the latest OpenSSH and LibreSSL components. among other software upgrades.