OpenBSD 3.9 can now be pre-ordered

The title says it - you can now pre-order OpenBSD 3.9, for $45. I’ve already ordered mine. It’ll be released on May 19.

Highlights from this version are also on the page linked above. I’m still running 3.7 here, having skipped 3.8. As they support old versions for a year, and they release a new version every 6 months, 3.9 will coincide with the time to upgrade 3.7.

OpenBSD may not have all the bells and whistles of Linux, or even FreeBSD, but it’s small, fast, stable, secure, and, most of all, clean - unlike most Unixes, which install everything and the kitchen sink, enabling everything by default, a standard OpenBSD installation is just the OS, with only ssh running.

This is, to me, the right attitude: instead of having to track down what’s running or open, and having to disable / close stuff, with the danger of missing something, here, you enable what you know you want. What a thought.