The Songs 6.1 to 7.3 - OpenBSD Release Music
2OpenBSD is a free and open source Unix-derived operating system well known for it's focus on security ant it's claim of having "only two remote holes in the default install, in a heck of a long time!". It's also well known as the progenitor of other very important FOSS projects like the OpenSSH, OpenBGPD and LibreSSL suites and the PF firewall. The project is led by Theo de Raadt and it's most recent version is OpenBSD 7.6 released in October 8, 2024.
The OpenBSD community has a tradition of releasing sets of songs and artwork to celebrate the releases of the OS. From versions 3.0 to 6.0 these songs were released in CD format with the physical release of the corresponding OS version, as well as in three compilation CDs. As of version 6.1 of the OS all songs as well as the OS itself are released exclusively through the project's homepage.
This video comprises the songs released after the CD era of OpenBSD until the latest release at time of writing in January, 2025.
The music in this compilation was arranged and performed by many artists, including Ty Semaka, Gordon Chipp Robb, John McNeil & Wynn Gogol of the band The Plaid Tongued Devils, along with Jonathan Lewis, Tom Bagley, Jim Buick, Charlie Bullough, Adele Legere, Anita Miotti, Reed Shimozawa, Chantal Vitalis, Jonny Nordstrom, Janet Lewis, Bob Beck, Tony Binns, Peter Rumpel, Calvin Beck, Theo de Raadt, Alan Kolodziejzyk, Richard Sixto, Peter Valchev, Sean Desmond, Ian Knox, Onalea Gilbertson, Dan Meichel, Craig Soby, Duncan McDonald, Jeff Drummond, Nikkos Diochnos, Allen Baekeland, Ben Johnson, Cedric Blary, Lincoln Frey, Russ Broom, Jonny Sinclair, Bob Kitella, Tim Campbell, Manuel Jara, Mauricio Moreno, Leslie Alexander, Tim Williams, Alexandre Ratchov, Carson Harding, Cary Shields, Chris Wynters, Scott Peters, Job Snijders, Lourens van der Zwaag, Said Vroon, Rayan Vroon, Anouk Tuijnman, Tos van Eekeren, Tara Smeenk & Kelly Mihalicz.
All the OpenBSD music is available at the project's homepage here: https://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html
Track list:
(0:00) 6.1: Winter of 95
(3:30) 6.2: A 3 line diff
(5:25) 6.8: Hacker People
(8:49) 6.9: Vetera Novis
(12:13) 7.0: The Style Hymn
(15:28) 7.3: The Wizard and the Fish