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Old 18th December 2012
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Although it is a good thing to stimulate the economy by getting a new Desktop computer, you also could download and install the latest OpenBSD current snapshot.

OBSD 5.2 has been released the first of November, but actually is from end of July, beginning of August:
Code:
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450         84196 Aug 01 16:10 INSTALL.amd64
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450          1720 Aug 01 16:11 SHA256
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450      61387977 Aug 01 16:11 base52.tgz
-rwxr-xr-x    1 500      450       9060353 Aug 01 16:10 bsd
-rwxr-xr-x    1 500      450       9088176 Aug 01 16:10 bsd.mp
-rwxr-xr-x    1 500      450       7311395 Aug 01 16:10 bsd.rd
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450       7432192 Aug 01 16:10 cd52.iso
-r-xr-xr-x    1 500      450         45492 Aug 01 16:10 cdboot
-r-xr-xr-x    1 500      450          2048 Aug 01 16:10 cdbr
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450      69025652 Aug 01 16:10 comp52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450        531648 Aug 01 16:10 etc52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450       1474560 Aug 01 16:10 floppy52.fs
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450       2710461 Aug 01 16:10 game52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450          1339 Dec 17 11:07 index.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450     252758016 Aug 01 16:10 install52.iso
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450       9724820 Aug 01 16:10 man52.tgz
-r-xr-xr-x    1 500      450         55264 Aug 01 16:11 pxeboot
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450      12434993 Jul 23 10:11 xbase52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450         63893 Jul 23 10:11 xetc52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450      39803297 Jul 23 10:11 xfont52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450      26774217 Jul 23 10:11 xserv52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450       4619848 Jul 23 10:11 xshare52.tgz
The latest snapshot is from middle of December:
Code:
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450         84404 Dec 13 09:21 INSTALL.amd64
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450          1720 Dec 13 09:21 SHA256
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450      63056088 Dec 13 09:21 base52.tgz
-rwxr-xr-x    1 500      450       9196320 Dec 13 09:21 bsd
-rwxr-xr-x    1 500      450       9224220 Dec 13 09:21 bsd.mp
-rwxr-xr-x    1 500      450       7393098 Dec 13 09:21 bsd.rd
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450       7534592 Dec 13 09:21 cd52.iso
-r-xr-xr-x    1 500      450         69108 Dec 13 09:21 cdboot
-r-xr-xr-x    1 500      450          2048 Dec 13 09:21 cdbr
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450      51772044 Dec 13 09:21 comp52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450        523250 Dec 13 09:21 etc52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450       1474560 Dec 13 09:21 floppy52.fs
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450       2780792 Dec 13 09:21 game52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450          1339 Dec 17 11:07 index.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450     237805568 Dec 13 09:21 install52.iso
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450       9731662 Dec 13 09:21 man52.tgz
-r-xr-xr-x    1 500      450         78860 Dec 13 09:21 pxeboot
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450      11507609 Dec 04 21:43 xbase52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450         64027 Dec 04 21:43 xetc52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450      39803161 Dec 04 21:43 xfont52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450      28179210 Dec 04 21:43 xserv52.tgz
-rw-r--r--    1 500      450       4329565 Dec 04 21:43 xshare52.tgz
As you can see the OBSD developers have been working on new features and better hardware support for 4 1/2 months, since 5.2 has been cut. So it is quite possible that your system is better supported in this snapshot than 5.2
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