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What is OpenBSD?	The OpenBSD project produces a freely available, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our goals place emphasis on correctness, security, standardization, and portability.
What is the OpenBSD website?	www.openbsd.org
Why might I want to use OpenBSD?	OpenBSD runs on many different hardware platforms.
Why might I want to use OpenBSD?	OpenBSD is thought of as the most secure UNIX-like operating system by many security professionals, as a result of the never-ending comprehensive source code audit.
Why might I want to use OpenBSD?	OpenBSD is a full-featured UNIX-like operating system available in source and binary form at no charge.
Why use OpenBSD?	OpenBSD integrates cutting-edge security technology suitable for building firewalls and private network services in a distributed environment.
What are the benefits of OpenBSD?	OpenBSD benefits from strong ongoing development in many areas, offering opportunities to work with emerging technologies and an international community of developers and end users.
How goes OpenBSD approach tweaking?	OpenBSD attempts to minimize the need for customization and tweaking. For the vast majority of users, OpenBSD just works on their hardware for their application.
Is OpenBSD really free?	OpenBSD is all free. The binaries are free. The source is free. All parts of OpenBSD have reasonable copyright terms permitting free redistribution. More about OpenBSD's copyright policy can be found here.
How do the maintainers support OpenBSD?	The maintainers of OpenBSD support the project largely from their own pockets.
How do the maintainers support OpenBSD?	This includes the time spent programming for the project, equipment used to support the many ports, network resources used to distribute OpenBSD to you, and the time spent answering questions and investigating users' bug reports.
Are OpenBSD developers wealthy?	The OpenBSD developers are not independently wealthy, and even small contributions of time, equipment and resources make a big difference.
What's included in the base system?	OpenBSD is distributed with a number of third-party software products such ass gcc and perl.
How are packages dealt with in OpenBSD?	The OpenBSD team often patches third party products, typically to improve the security or quality of the code. Much home-grown software is also included. Additional applications are available as packages.
Why is/isn't ProductX included in OpenBSD?	People often ask why a particular product is or isn't included with OpenBSD. The answer is based on two things: the wishes of the developers and compatibility with the goals of the project. Licensing is often the biggest problem: we want OpenBSD to remain usable by any person anywhere in the world for any purpose.
When is the next OpenBSD release?	The OpenBSD team makes a new release approximately every six months, with the target release dates in May and November.
What platforms does OpenBSD run on?	alpha, amd64, arm64, armv7, hppa, i386, landisk, loongson, luna88k, macppc, octeon, powerpc64, riscv64, sparc64
What is the OpenBSD/alpha home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/alpha.html
What is the OpenBSD/amd64 home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html
What is the OpenBSD/arm64 home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/arm64.html
What is the OpenBSD/armv7 home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html
What is the OpenBSD/hppa home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/hppa.html
What is the OpenBSD/i386 home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/i386.html
What is the OpenBSD/landisk home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/landisk.html
What is the OpenBSD/loongson home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html
What is the OpenBSD/luna88k home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/luna88k.html
What is the OpenBSD/macppc home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/macppc.html
What is the OpenBSD/octeon home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/octeon.html
What is the OpenBSD/powerpc64 home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/powerpc64.html
What is the OpenBSD/riscv64 home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/riscv64.html
What is the OpenBSD/sparc64 home page?	https://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html
Where can I find OpenBSD specific hardware details?	Specific hardware support details are on the respective platform pages.
Does OpenBSD have manual pages?	OpenBSD comes with extensive documentation in the form of man pages. They are the authoritative source of information for OpenBSD, and considerable effort is made to ensure they're up to date and accurate. Developers making a change to the system are expected to update the man pages along with their change to the system code. It is expected that users will check the man pages before asking for help.
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	afterboot(8) - things to check after the first complete boo
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	help(1) - help for new users and administrators
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	hier(7) - layout of filesystems
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	man(1) - display the manual pages
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	adduser(8) and rmuser(8) - add or remove new users
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	reboot(8), halt(8) and shutdown(8) - stop and restart the system
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	syspatch(8) - apply security and reliability updates
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	sysupgrade(8) - upgrade to the next OpenBSD release or a newer snapshot
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	dmesg(8) - redisplay the kernel boot messages
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	doas(1) - run commands as another user
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	tmux(1) - terminal multiplexer
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	ifconfig(8) - configure network interface parameters
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	ftp(1) - download files from the internet (supports FTP/HTTP/HTTPS)
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	login.conf(5) - format of the login class configuration file
What are some useful OpenBSD man pages for new users?	sendbug(1) - report a bug you've found
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for afterboot?	https://man.openbsd.org/afterboot
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for help?	https://man.openbsd.org/help
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for hier?	https://man.openbsd.org/hier
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for man?	https://man.openbsd.org/man
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for adduser?	https://man.openbsd.org/adduser
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for rmuser?	https://man.openbsd.org/rmuser
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for reboot?	https://man.openbsd.org/reboot
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for halt?	https://man.openbsd.org/reboot
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for shutdown?	https://man.openbsd.org/shutdown
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for syspatch?	https://man.openbsd.org/syspatch
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for sysupgrade?	https://man.openbsd.org/sysupgrade
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for dmesg?	https://man.openbsd.org/dmesg
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for dmesg?	https://man.openbsd.org/dmesg
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for doas?	https://man.openbsd.org/doas
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for tmux?	https://man.openbsd.org/tmux
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for ifconfig?	https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for ftp?	https://man.openbsd.org/ftp
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for login.conf?	https://man.openbsd.org/login.conf
Where can I find the OpenBSD manual page for sendbug?	https://man.openbsd.org/sendbug
Where can I find all OpenBSD man pages?	On the web at man.openbsd.org as well as in the man74.tgz file set.
How do I search the OpenBSD man pages?	If you don't know the name of the command, or if man command doesn't find the manual page, you can search the manual page database by executing apropos something or man -k something, where something is a likely word that might appear in the title of the manual page you're looking for.
Does OpenBSD have mailing lists?	The OpenBSD project maintains several mailing lists that users can subscribe to and follow. Some of the more popular lists are: announce, bugs, nisc, ports, sources-changes, tech.
What is the OpenBSD bugs mailing list?	bugs received via sendbug(1) and discussion about them
What is the OpenBSD announce mailing list?	announcements and security advisories
What is the OpenBSD misc mailing list?	general user questions and answers
What is the OpenBSD ports mailing list?	discussion of the ports tree
What is the OpenBSD source-changes mailing list?	source-changes - automated mailing of CVS source tree changes
What is the OpenBSD tech mailing list?	discussion of technical topics for OpenBSD developers and advanced users
Where can I find OpenBSD mailing list archives?	You can find several archives, other guidelines and more information here: https://www.openbsd.org/mail.html
How can I manage my mailing list subscription on OpenBSD?	Subscriptions can be easily managed via the web interface here: https://lists.openbsd.org/
How do I report bugs to OpenBSD	Reporting bugs is one of the most important responsibilities of end users. Very detailed information is required to diagnose most serious issues. For example, the following would be an appropriate bug report:
How do I support the OpenBSD project?	OpenBSD has a constant need for several types of support from the community. If you find OpenBSD useful, you are strongly encouraged to find a way to contribute.
How do I support the OpenBSD project?	Donate money. The project has a constant need for cash to pay for equipment, network connectivity, etc. Even small donations make a profound difference.
How do I support the OpenBSD project?	Donate equipment and parts. The project has a constant need for general and specific hardware.
How do I support the OpenBSD project?	Donate your time and skills. Programmers who enjoy writing operating systems are naturally always welcome, but there are many other ways that people can be useful.
How do I support the OpenBSD project?	Follow the mailing lists and help answer questions from other users.
How do I support the OpenBSD project?	Help maintain documentation by submitting new FAQ material to [email protected].
How do I support the OpenBSD project?	Form a local user group and get your friends hooked on OpenBSD.
How do I support the OpenBSD project?	Make a case to your employer for using OpenBSD at work. If you're a student, talk to your professors about using OpenBSD as a learning tool for Computer Science or Engineering courses.

What is OpenBSD?

The OpenBSD project produces a freely available, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our goals place emphasis on correctness, security, standardization, and portability.

What is the OpenBSD website?

www.openbsd.org

Why might I want to use OpenBSD?

OpenBSD runs on many different hardware platforms.

Why might I want to use OpenBSD?

OpenBSD is thought of as the most secure UNIX-like operating system by many security professionals, as a result of the never-ending comprehensive source code audit.

Why might I want to use OpenBSD?

OpenBSD is a full-featured UNIX-like operating system available in source and binary form at no charge.

Why use OpenBSD?

OpenBSD integrates cutting-edge security technology suitable for building firewalls and private network services in a distributed environment.

What are the benefits of OpenBSD?

OpenBSD benefits from strong ongoing development in many areas, offering opportunities to work with emerging technologies and an international community of developers and end users.

How goes OpenBSD approach tweaking?

OpenBSD attempts to minimize the need for customization and tweaking. For the vast majority of users, OpenBSD just works on their hardware for their application.

Is OpenBSD really free?

OpenBSD is all free. The binaries are free. The source is free. All parts of OpenBSD have reasonable copyright terms permitting free redistribution. More about OpenBSD's copyright policy can be found here.

How do the maintainers support OpenBSD?

The maintainers of OpenBSD support the project largely from their own pockets.

How do the maintainers support OpenBSD?

This includes the time spent programming for the project, equipment used to support the many ports, network resources used to distribute OpenBSD to you, and the time spent answering questions and investigating users' bug reports.

Are OpenBSD developers wealthy?

The OpenBSD developers are not independently wealthy, and even small contributions of time, equipment and resources make a big difference.

What's included in the base system?

OpenBSD is distributed with a number of third-party software products such ass gcc and perl.

How are packages dealt with in OpenBSD?

The OpenBSD team often patches third party products, typically to improve the security or quality of the code. Much home-grown software is also included. Additional applications are available as packages.

Why is/isn't ProductX included in OpenBSD?

People often ask why a particular product is or isn't included with OpenBSD. The answer is based on two things: the wishes of the developers and compatibility with the goals of the project. Licensing is often the biggest problem: we want OpenBSD to remain usable by any person anywhere in the world for any purpose.

When is the next OpenBSD release?

The OpenBSD team makes a new release approximately every six months, with the target release dates in May and November.

What platforms does OpenBSD run on?

alpha, amd64, arm64, armv7, hppa, i386, landisk, loongson, luna88k, macppc, octeon, powerpc64, riscv64, sparc64

What is the OpenBSD/alpha home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/alpha.html

What is the OpenBSD/amd64 home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html

What is the OpenBSD/arm64 home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/arm64.html

What is the OpenBSD/armv7 home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html

What is the OpenBSD/hppa home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/hppa.html

What is the OpenBSD/i386 home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/i386.html

What is the OpenBSD/landisk home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/landisk.html

What is the OpenBSD/loongson home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html

What is the OpenBSD/luna88k home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/luna88k.html

What is the OpenBSD/macppc home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/macppc.html

What is the OpenBSD/octeon home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/octeon.html

What is the OpenBSD/powerpc64 home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/powerpc64.html

What is the OpenBSD/riscv64 home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/riscv64.html

What is the OpenBSD/sparc64 home page?

https://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html

Where can I find OpenBSD specific hardware details?

Specific hardware support details are on the respective platform pages.

Does OpenBSD have manual pages?

OpenBSD comes with extensive documentation in the form of man pages. They are the authoritative source of information for OpenBSD, and considerable effort is made to ensure they're up to date and accurate. Developers making a change to the system are expected to update the man pages along with their change to the system code. It is expected that users will check the man pages before asking for help.