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For the new Mac series and other RISC based systems this\nwon't work__.\n\nThese LiveUSB images are based on \n[OpenBSD version 7.2 made on Oct 20,2022](https://www.openbsd.org/72.html).\n\nKindly note that this is a volunteer effort; hence strictly `unofficial`.\n\nYou need a minimum of two writable media for getting this going. \n\nOne is your host medium which runs your current OS like \n\n- Linux \n- Mac \n- Windows. \n\nThen you need a USB flash or pendrive on which you plan to install OpenBSD.\n\n**IT WILL WIPE EVERYTHING IN USB STICK BEWARE!!!** :bomb:\n\nAlso remember that these images ignore the size of the USB medium. \n\nThe images you have here, all 3 flavors write to a 64 GB medium.\n\nWhy? These days the USB pendrives found in market are of that capacity.\n\nYou can find a much better [page at Sourceforge](https://liveusb-openbsd.sourceforge.io)\n\n## Instructions for using this OS image\n\n\n\u003e The OS images on this website till Oct 27, 2022 were broken as they are\n\u003e not using GPT.\n\u003e \n\u003e Those of you that downloaded already and found the USB pendrive not\n\u003e booting kindly try out the new GPT images. These should work.\n\u003e \n\u003e If your hardware is too old and uses BIOS instead of GPT then please\n\u003e [get in touch](mailto:girish@spamcheetah.com) and we will get it\n\u003e booting.\n\n\nUsing the OS images in this project needs a fairly decent level of\nfamiliarity with the Linux or Mac command line. \n\nYou can get this going from Windows as well. \n\nJust the method is different.\n\nThere are instructions for flashing this from Linux, Mac as well as\nWindows [here](https://liveusb-openbsd.sourceforge.io/docs/installation-instructions).\n\n## Downloads table\n\n---\n\n\n|OpenBSD LiveUSB variant | Download size | Download link|\n| ------------ | ---------- | --------- |\n|[LiveUSB Minimal image without X](/liveusb-minimal) | 600M|[:link:](https://sf.net/projects/liveusb-openbsd/files/LiveUSB-Minimal.img.zst/download)\n|[LiveUSB XFCE](/liveusb-xfce)| 1.4G| [:link:](https://sf.net/projects/liveusb-openbsd/files/LiveUSB-XFCE.img.zst/download)\n|[LiveUSB Gnome](/liveusb-gnome)| 2.0G|[:link:](https://sf.net/projects/liveusb-openbsd/files/LiveUSB-Gnome.img.zst/download)\n\n---\n\n### Make your choice, download, [and enjoy!](https://liveusb-openbsd.sourceforge.io/docs/installation-instructins)\n\n\n## The size and checksums of image files\n\nPlease verify the SHA256 checksums from the table below.\n\n\n---\n\n\n\n| Download file | Download image size |  [SHA256 Checksum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA_hash_functions) of ZIPPED image\n| ------------ | ---------- | -------- |\n|LiveUSB-Minimal.img |628867626 Bytes|7a43aa5aacf111537a3a9ed17932ff975378d6544866b618d334f01bd2506894|\n|LiveUSB-XFCE.img |1506529382 Bytes |a3ee15cb1f625f90eba0d4cd4dcf2e72a35963def72ca0a5c23e0026b33a1b54|\n|LiveUSB-Gnome.img |2229280782 Bytes |5f4e2e27196c72bfdebf4f8dfffe59b6ee0ad9595f8bcc338ab482ebfd9c8544|\n\n---\n\n\u003e Unzipped image size is always 59768832000 bytes. \n\u003e This is to fit into a 64GB target medium.\n\nThere is a trick to look at progress whilst checking checksum for\nlarge files.\n\n\n```shell\n    $ pv LiveUSB-Minimal.img.zst | sha256sum\n```\n\n\n```shell\n    $ unzstd LiveUSB-Minimal.img.zst\n```\n\nTo learn about `zstd compression` check \n[this project](https://www.github.com/facebook/zstd)\n\nIn all the 3 variants you can always add and remove packages.\n\nUse \n\n- [pkg\\_add(1)](https://man.openbsd.org/pkg_add)\n- [pkg\\_delete(1)](https://man.openbsd.org/pkg_delete)\n\ncommands in case my choices do not agree with yours.\n\nOne of the key attractions for me in OpenBSD is the ports system.\n\n```shell\n   root# cd /usr\n   root# ftp https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.2/ports.tar.gz\n   root# pv ports.tar.gz|tar zxpf - \n   root# cd /usr/ports/net/softflowd\n   root# make install clean\n```\n\nYou can do a lot of really excellent things with ports.\nCompletely upto you.\n\nIf you wish to have LiveCD/LiveDVD instead, please refer to our other\n[LiveCD OpenBSD project](http://livecd-openbsd.sf.net) project.\n\n### The root and user passwords for all 3 variants\n\nYou can login as \n   - user `live` \n   - password `live123`\n\nThe root password is `foo1729`\n\nDon't blame me for this. It is only a hobby project.\n\nThe rock solid stability and performance is a thing to experience.\n\n## Screenshots from XFCE variant\n\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD XFCE](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/xfce/xfce.webp)\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/xfce/xfce2.webp)\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/xfce/xfce3.webp)\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/xfce/xfce4.webp)\n\n## Screenshots from Gnome variant\n\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD Gnome](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/gnome/gnome1.webp)\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/gnome/gdm.webp)\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/gnome/gnome2.webp)\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/gnome/gnome3.webp)\n\n## Screenshots from Minimal variant\n\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD Minimal](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/minimal/min-shot1.webp)\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/minimal/min-shot2.webp)\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/minimal/min-shot3.webp)\n![LiveUSB OpenBSD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/girish1729/LiveUSB-OpenBSD/main/images/minimal/min-shot4.webp)\n\n\n\n### Enjoy the power of [OpenBSD](https://www.openbsd.org)\n\nPlease do not forget to thank the devs for an amazing project.\n\n## contact\n\nYou can [DM me on Twitter](https://twitter.com/girish1729) for help/suggestions.\n\nYou can [follow me](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=girish1729\n) for updates.\n\n## Tweet this to followers\n\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Tweet+this+to+your+followers\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgirish1729%2Fprogress.up\u0026hashtags=github\u0026original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2F\u0026tw_p=tweetbutton\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"http://jpillora.com/github-twitter-button/img/tweet.png\"\n       alt=\"tweet button\" title=\"Tweet this to your followers\"\u003e\u003c/img\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\n## Buy me a coffee to accelerate development\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.buymeacoffee.com/girish1729\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.buymeacoffee.com/buttons/default-orange.png\" alt=\"Buy Me A Coffee\" height=\"41\" width=\"174\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fgirish1729%2Fliveusb-openbsd","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fgirish1729%2Fliveusb-openbsd","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fgirish1729%2Fliveusb-openbsd/lists"}