The OpenBSD project has announced the release of a free Unix-like operating system, OpenBSD 7.5. Founded by Theo de Raadt in 1995 after a conflict with NetBSD developers, OpenBSD was created as a new open operating system based on the initial texts of NETBSD. The main development goals of OpenBSD include maintaining 13 hardware platforms, standardization, correct work, proactive safety, and integrated cryptographic agents. The full installation ISO-image of the base system OpenBSD 7.5 is 630 Mb, which can be found here.
Aside from the operating system itself, the OpenBSD project has various components that are distributed in other systems, known for being safe and of high quality. These components include Libressl (a fork of Openssl), Openssh, pf (package filter), Openbgpd and Openospfd (routing demons), OpenNTPD (NTP server), opensmtpd (postal server), tmux (multiplexer of the text terminal), mandoc (BSDL alternative to GNU Groff), Carp (Common Address Redundance Protocol), a lightweight HTTP server, and Upenrsync file synchronization utility.
The main improvements in OpenBSD 7.5 include:
- The installer now supports encryption of the root section, allowing for disk encryption with a password or keys on a separate medium in Autoinstall mode. Build for AMD64 CDXX.iso and Installxx.iso architecture are tailored for loading in EFI mode.
- A new system call