Linus contradicts OpenBSD founder on Intel TLB issue
OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has been making a lot of noise over a change in Intel’s current generation Core 2 microprocessor goes as far to claim that this will lead to serious security flaws. Linus...
View ArticleRichard Stallman: OpenBSD is non-free software
"If a collection of software contains (or suggests installation of) some non-free program, I do not recommend it. [...] I therefore exercise my freedom of speech by not including OpenBSD in the list of...
View ArticleGNU variants - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"GNU variants is a term used by the Free Software Foundation and others to refer to operating systems which use application software and system libraries from GNU, but use a kernel other than GNU Hurd..."
View ArticleWhat Might Be Behind OpenBSD’s Attack Against Peers
Yesterday I attended an inspirational talk from Richard Stallman that contained many familiar bits, a healthy dose of humour and an interesting questions session, which touched on the AGPL, GPLv3 and...
View ArticleThe 25 Year Old BSD Bug
"A few days ago, Marc Balmer, OpenBSD developer, received an email from an OpenBSD user. [...] Despite his initial reaction, he decided to dig deeper into this case, and he uncovered a bug that had...
View ArticleStop the Blob?
It's all over the Internet now: the Linux kernel developers have issued a statement urging vendors to release open source device drivers/modules. Some of the commentators say:"It's unclear how much...
View ArticleTorvalds: Fed up with the 'security circus'
Creator of the Linux kernel explains why he finds security people to be so anathema.
View ArticleOpenBSD: Check out my Xfce desktop
After many months in OpenBSD 4.4 with the project's default window manager, Fvwm, I decided to finally try one of the more popular "desktop environments."
View ArticleExplaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems
"We're often asked why we don't endorse a particular system—usually a popular GNU/Linux distribution. The short answer to that question is that they don't follow the free system distribution...
View ArticleOpenBSD 4.6 release ships new services, eases installation
Latest version sports a new mail server and an easier installation; core network and routing tools also improved.
View ArticleSix-monthly releases: OpenBSD shows the way
Six-monthly releases have become something of a talking point in free and open source software circles after the problems Ubuntu has faced with users unhappy over major bugs. The OpenBSD project has...
View ArticleThe insecurity of OpenBSD
I certainly don't mean to imply that OpenBSD is a horribly insecure operating system - it isn't. I do however need to highlight that OpenBSD is quite far removed from a secure operating system, and...
View ArticleOpenBSD 4.7 with new drivers and platforms
The new version of the Unix derivative offers ports to a wide range of platforms, including multi-processor support for SGI Octane work stations and includes a number of new drivers
View ArticleAlleged FBI backdoor in OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack
Theo de Raadt has made public an email sent to him by Gregory Perry, who worked on the OpenBSD crypto framework a decade ago. The claim is that the FBI paid contractors to insert backdoors into...
View ArticleLinus contradicts OpenBSD founder on Intel TLB issue
OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has been making a lot of noise over a change in Intel’s current generation Core 2 microprocessor goes as far to claim that this will lead to serious security flaws. Linus...
View ArticleRichard Stallman: OpenBSD is non-free software
"If a collection of software contains (or suggests installation of) some non-free program, I do not recommend it. [...] I therefore exercise my freedom of speech by not including OpenBSD in the list of...
View ArticleGNU variants - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"GNU variants is a term used by the Free Software Foundation and others to refer to operating systems which use application software and system libraries from GNU, but use a kernel other than GNU Hurd..."
View ArticleWhat Might Be Behind OpenBSD’s Attack Against Peers
Yesterday I attended an inspirational talk from Richard Stallman that contained many familiar bits, a healthy dose of humour and an interesting questions session, which touched on the AGPL, GPLv3 and...
View ArticleThe 25 Year Old BSD Bug
"A few days ago, Marc Balmer, OpenBSD developer, received an email from an OpenBSD user. [...] Despite his initial reaction, he decided to dig deeper into this case, and he uncovered a bug that had...
View ArticleStop the Blob?
It's all over the Internet now: the Linux kernel developers have issued a statement urging vendors to release open source device drivers/modules. Some of the commentators say:"It's unclear how much...
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