OpenBSD
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 The OpenBSD logo | |
| Release Status | Maintained |
|---|---|
| Release Model | Stable |
| Package Manager | pkg_* |
| Default Desktops | FVWM, AfterStep, AwesomeWM, Blackbox, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, IceWM, KDE Plasma, Openbox, Window Maker, Xfce |
| Usage Type | Security, Server |
| Architectures | alpha, armish, aviion, hppa, i386, landisk, loongson, luna88k, octeon, powerpc, powerpc64, risc64, sgi, socppc, sparc, sparc64, x86_64, zaurus |
| Website | openbsd.org |
OpenBSD is a Unix-like operating system, based on the BSD (Berkley Software Distribution), developed by Theo de Raadt since 1995. The first version of OpenBSD (1.2) released in July 1996.[1]
The OpenBSD project produces a free, multi-platform BSD 4.4-based Unix operating system. Its efforts emphasize portability, standardisation, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. The project also develops the widely used and popular OpenSSH (OpenBSD Secure Shell) software, which provides encrypted communication sessions over a computer network using the SSH protocol.[2]
Many open source projects widely used in other operating systems started off as components of OpenBSD, such as doas, a safer replacement of the popular sudo, the aforementioned OpenSSH and Xenocara, a customized X.Org build infrastructure.[3]
Like all BSD operating systems, OpenBSD provides a kernel, drivers, userland utilities and documentation unlike Linux, which provides just the kernel and drivers, relying on third-parties such as GNU.
References
- ↑ De Raadt, Theo (18 October 1996). "The OpenBSD 2.0 release". openbsd-announce (Mailing list).
- ↑ "OpenBSD". DistroWatch.com.
- ↑ "About Xenocara". Xenocara.