OpenAFS 1.8.9pre1 is the first beta for the next stable release of OpenAFS. It brings performance and reliability improvements, improved diagnostics, support for the latest Linux mainline kernel (currently 5.19) and recent FreeBSD releases as well as a number of bug fixes.
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This year at the VM Workshop Kurt Acker became a Knight of VM.
Kurt had the following to say about becoming a Knight: