OpenBSD 5.4 Released 102
An anonymous reader writes "The release of OpenBSD 5.4 has been announced. New and notable advancements include new or extended platforms like octeon and beagle, moving VAX to ELF format, improved hardware support including Kernel Mode Setting (KMS), overhauled inteldrm(4), experimental support for fuse(4), reworked checksum handling for network protocols, OpenSMTPD 5.3.3, OpenSSH 6.3, over 7,800 ports, and many other improvements and additions."
Re:Never mind the features, what are the benefits? (Score:4, Insightful)
What would I be able to do with a box running this that I couldn't do with <operating system X> for any current, contemporary O/S.
Let's not talk about potential uses - but real, live, switch it on, press buttons and do stuff type of uses. Things that no other O/S or box running that O/S can do? What are they?
One word: pf.
Best. Firewall. Program. Ever.
Running the latest and greatest version of OpenSSH is also interesting.