#79HYPE OpenBSD will ship with the latest #KDE Plasma version 6.6.4 
So who's going to do the OpenBSD ports #79HYPE post? There's some good stuff in there! 

I think it's time for some #OpenBSD #79HYPE ​ 

After ~21 years, gcc 3.x has left the building, with the last remaining platform (OpenBSD/luna88k) ported to gcc4.

https://bsd.network/@brynet/115425313813361816

Jonathan Gray (jsg@) has updated the drm graphics drivers (inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu) in #OpenBSD 7.9 to Linux 6.18.y/6.18.22 from the 6.12.y longterm support version.

https://bsd.network/@brynet/116201960048161449

https://freshbsd.org/openbsd/src?q=drm&committer[]=jsg

OpenBSD now supports "Delayed hibernation" on amd64: After waiting a number of seconds (up to 24 hrs) the machine will wake from S0ix/S3 idle sleep/suspend and hibernate to disk.

https://bsd.network/@brynet/116217813921273057

The OpenBSD kernel gains a new "parking mutex".. inspired by WebKit.

https://bsd.network/@brynet/115503876824188865

A long standing ACPI issue (boot delay) that has plagued several Intel Mac models has been fixed by jcs@

https://bsd.network/@brynet/115602160298028722

OpenBSD's EFI bootloader now supports loading files from the ESP, making it easier to e.g: copy & bootstrap a ramdisk kernel.

https://bsd.network/@brynet/115630978565153559

Improved support for running OpenBSD as a guest VM on Apple Silicon machines under macOS.

https://bsd.network/@brynet/115899206016337373

OpenBSD/amd64 now supports SMP on up to 255 CPUs, such as on AMD Threadripper/EYPC.

https://bsd.network/@brynet/115899248487624689

OpenBSD iwx(4) now supports additional Intel AX211 WiFi 6/6E models, as well as 160MHz channel support! 

https://bsd.network/@brynet/116210371257002339

https://bsd.network/@brynet/116319563256899912

Important security refinements to both pledge(2) and unveil(2), fixing several early design issues.

https://bsd.network/@brynet/116136000669207850

https://bsd.network/@brynet/116197240853794609

https://bsd.network/@brynet/116217472157803716

Plus lots more to see in 7.9! Stay tuned! 

Bryan Steele :flan_beard: (@[email protected])

#OpenBSD/luna88k has been switched to gcc4! :flan_thumbs:​ And with that the last GCC3_ARCH is gone! Not with a bang but a whimper.. :flan_smile:​ https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=176124507027163&w=2 https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=176124650328448&w=2

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Thank you, our users, and OpenBSD developers for an awesome OS!

Stay safe & healthy!

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