OpenBSD
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OpenBSD | |
Only two remote holes in the default install, in a heck of a long time!! | |
Architecture: | multiplatform |
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This Version: | OpenBSD 5.0 (November 1, 2011) |
Date Released: | 1996 |
OpenBSD is a fork of NetBSD that is more focused on security and 'correctness' of code. The OpenBSD project is lead by Theo De Radt.
Homepage
http://www.openbsd.org/ Has all the information for all the relases
Platforms
Port Name | Description |
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alpha | Digital Alpha-based systems |
amd64 | AMD64-based systems |
armish | ARM-based appliances (by Thecus, IO-DATA, and others) |
hp300 | Hewlett-Packard HP 9000 series 300 and 400 workstations |
hppa | Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture (PA-RISC) systems |
i386 | Standard PC and clones based on the Intel i386 architecture and compatible processors |
landisk | IO-DATA Landisk systems (such as USL-5P) based on the SH4 cpu |
mac68k | Motorola 680x0-based Apple Macintosh with MMU |
macppc | Apple New World PowerPC-based machines, from the iMac onwards |
mvme68k | Motorola 680x0-based VME systems |
mvme88k | Motorola 881x0-based VME systems |
sgi | SGI MIPS-based workstations |
socppc | Freescale PowerPC SoC-based machines |
sparc | Sun sun4, sun4c and sun4m class SPARC systems |
sparc64 | Sun UltraSPARC systems |
vax | Digital VAX-based systems |
zaurus | Sharp Zaurus C3x00 PDAs |
Support
I'd recommend the site http://www.deadly.org/ for articles relating to OpenBSD
Running under emulation
OpenBSD can run under all kinds of emulation. Here are a few I know off hand.
- i386
VMWare Virtual PC Virtual Server Qemu Bochs.
- Vax
- m88k
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