OpenBSD 8.0 was released on October 20, 2026, marking the 61st release of the operating system. Key improvements include a significantly expanded amd64 kernel virtual address space (4G to 512G), hibernate support for arm64, RISC-V vector extension and Advanced Interrupt Architecture support, and accelerated swap encryption via AES CPU instructions across multiple platforms.
Background
OpenBSD is a Unix-like operating system known for its focus on security, correctness, and code cleanliness, maintained by Theo de Raadt and the OpenBSD project since 1995. Each release typically introduces security hardening, platform support expansions, and performance improvements.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Oct 20, 2026 at 09:46 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10