OpenBSD 8.0
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OpenBSD 8.0 adds hibernate support for arm64 and expands kernel virtual address space on amd64.
Released October 20, 2026, OpenBSD 8.0 (the 61st release) includes AMD64 kernel virtual address space raised from 4G to 512G, arm64 hibernate support, and RISC-V 'V' vector extension support. VMM now supports up to 64 VCPUs per guest. DRM updated to Linux 6.18.53. New drivers include samsabi(4) for Samsung BIOS, sambat(4) for battery monitoring, and rkotp(4) for Rockchip OTP. Retired loongson architecture support. The release song is "The Simps on AI."
What commenters are saying
The artwork drew strong reactions, with many recognizing it as satirical AI-generated imagery referencing the Simpsons' three-eyed fish Blinky. Some commenters disliked the graphic, while others defended it as intentional commentary on AI-generated content. Several users praised the upgrade process's simplicity: ssh in, run doas sysupgrade, then doas sysmerge and pkg_add -u. A comparison noted Linux distribution upgrades (dnf, apt, pacman) are similarly simple. One user shared performance benchmarks at bluhm.genua.de/test.html.