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version 1.2, 2018/02/25 11:31:39 version 1.3, 2018/02/25 13:49:32
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 Then expanded to be readable by an average technically inclined person.    Then expanded to be readable by an average technically inclined person.  
 Then reordered for most cool things on top.  Then reordered for most cool things on top.
   
 * W\^X memory protection enforced by default on architectures with fine-grained memory protection  * PaX MPROTECT (W\^X) memory protection enforced by default on architectures with fine-grained memory protection
 * ASLR in some archs, MKPIE default for userland    * PaX ASLR in some archs, MKPIE default for userland  
 XXX list of archs  XXX list of archs
 * SSP/FORTIFY default for userland and packages.    * SSP/FORTIFY default for userland and packages.  
 XXX is SSP / MKPIE new to userland?  XXX is SSP / MKPIE new to userland?
 * In-kernel audio mixer  * In-kernel audio mixer
   * Real-Time Signals
   * Synchronize Machine Independent features in ptrace(2) with Linux and FreeBSD
   * Improved C11 feature completeness
   * ext4 enhanced read-only support
   * nc(1) imported from OpenBSD
   * sys_info a new script to return version information for system libraries and utilities
   
 * USB system rework. added USB3 support.  * USB system rework. added USB3 support.
   
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 * SMAP  * SMAP
 * amd64 kernel W\^X  * amd64 kernel W\^X
 * EFI bootloader  * EFI bootloader
   * added i386 GENERIC_PAE kernel that supports >4GB systems
   * Debug Registers for debuggers
   
 xen:  xen:
   
Line 47  XXX elaborate Line 55  XXX elaborate
 * nvme(4), a driver for NVMe hardware, ported from OpenBSD  * nvme(4), a driver for NVMe hardware, ported from OpenBSD
 * nouveau, an open source driver for modern nVidia graphics, ported from linux, available by default.  * nouveau, an open source driver for modern nVidia graphics, ported from linux, available by default.
    (this is at the bottom because we mentioned it in 7.1 too)     (this is at the bottom because we mentioned it in 7.1 too)
   
   Third party software:
   
   * GCC 5.4 with Address Sanitizer and Undefined Behavior Sanitizer
   * GDB 7.12
   * GNU binutils 2.27
   * Clang/LLVM
   * OpenSSH
   * OpenSSL
   * mdocml
   * acpica
   * ntp
   * dhcpcd
   * Lua
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