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#OpenBSD 8.0 will be HUGE. I mean not in size but the amount of new features added since 7.9 to - current is incredible.

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@rqm other than tremendous VMM improvements, the main thing I have noticed, unusually, is that /dev/zero is about twice as fast. I see this in virtualized space and on baremetal.

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Mischa 🐡😎
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@slowservers @rqm surprised you don’t want them to be twice as slow. :)

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@mischa @rqm

Ha! I don't try to make everything as slow as possible...

I actually did a benchmark yesterday confirming that raw disk images are considerably faster than qcow2, even for re-writes on a SSD. At least with the host's partition mounted sync, anyway.

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@slowservers @rqm if we can now "just" get GEFS that would be amazing :)

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@mischa@exquisite.social @slowservers@bsd.cafe I am still waiting for @ori@hj.9fs.net to supply us with a crowdfunding link to give his GEFS development a boost :)

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@rqm @slowservers @ori tick-tock Mr Bernstein :)