OpenBSD 7.9: Security and Hardware Highlights
OpenBSD 7.9: Security and Hardware Highlights Table of contents:- What’s new and why it matters Security, networking and userland updates Getting it, verifying and installing Installing and setting up IceWM OpenBSD 7.9 is the project’s 60th release (19 May 2026) and continues its long-standing focus on security, portability and conservative, well‑audited change — notable highlights include expanded hardware support, improved power management and a jump to 255 supported CPUs on amd64. What’s new and why it matters OpenBSD 7.9 ships as the official release dated 19 May 2026 and is presented with the usual release artefacts (signed public keys, release sets and changelogs). This release emphasises platform support and robustness rather than sweeping new features , with many architecture‑specific fixes and driver additions that make the system more usable on modern hardware. Key platform work includes improved arm64 support for RK3588/RK3576 SoCs and the Genesys Logic GL9755 SDH...
