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It's the first release without an official CD set [1], and OpenBSD was probably one of the last operating systems to provide official installation discs. I wonder if they'll start recommending third-party sellers of installation CDs and DVDs like Debian does [2].

[1] https://www.openbsd.org/orders.html [2] https://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/




Weren't these mostly just a nice way to contribute to the project and get something tangible in return, or did they not sell the disks at a profit?


A three pack of 5.9 disks are being sold for $60...so yeah, I'd say so.


The disks were apparently stopped because they no longer provided a relevant amount of profit-per-work - making CD's requires a lot of coordination work, and worldwide shipping isn't trivial.


The image on the CDs was actually different from the .iso's online: It contained the OpenBSD's public singing key.


They're down to earth enough that they'll probably recommend people learn how to use a CD burner.


or learn to create your own bootable USB flash drive

https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#MkInsMedia


I bought earlier versions from one such, https://www.osdisc.com/products/bsd/openbsd .




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