Recent new features in OpenSSH Development of important software sometimes happens without fanfare. If not for one of our editors noticing by watching commits, we would have missed the fact that Damien Miller (
djm@)
recently added a couple of notable features to OpenSSH:
undeadly rss
Call for testing: Improved 802.11g AP compatibility check
Now Stefan Sperling (
stsp@) is airing a possible improvement in compatibility checks via a message to tech@ titled "fix net80211 802.11g compatibility check", saying
List: openbsd-tech
Subject: fix net80211 802.11g compatibility check
From: Stefan Sperling <stsp () stsp ! name>
Date: 2025-07-31 10:26:18
I have a WIP fix for qwx which relies on ieee80211_iserp_sta() to
detect whether an AP supports 802.11g, rather than 802.11b only.
And I encountered an access point which qwx could not connect to when
my WIP fix is applied.
Classic CDE (Common Desktop Environment) coming to OpenBSD
The initial commit message reads,
List: openbsd-ports-cvs
Subject: CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: ports
From: Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot () cvs ! openbsd ! org>
Date: 2025-07-28 12:35:38
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: ports
Changes by: ajacoutot@cvs.openbsd.org 2025/07/28 06:35:38
Log message:
Import cde-2.5.2
CDE - The Common Desktop Environment is X Windows desktop environment that was
commonly used on commercial UNIX variants such as Sun Solaris, HP-UX and IBM
AIX. Developed between 1993 and 1999, it has now been released under an Open
Source licence by The Open Group.