OpenAFS 1.8.0 was released in April 2018, and in the intervening time the efforts of the OpenAFS community have come to focus on the 1.8 series.  This change in focus is highlighted by noting that the last three 1.6-series releases have been security releases, the latest non-security release was 1.6.22.4 in 2018, and the latest feature release was 1.6.22 in 2017.  The OpenAFS project now considers 1.8 superior in terms of stability and reliability for all scenarios.

Effective immediately, the 1.6 series will only receive security updates.

We are thrilled to announce that the OpenAFS project has been accepted as a
mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025! This is a
fantastic opportunity for us to engage with talented students and contribute to
the growth and development of OpenAFS.

Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers students stipends to
write code for open-source projects. It's a win-win situation: students gain
valuable real-world experience, and OpenAFS benefits from fresh perspectives
and contributions.

The OpenAFS maintainers are happy to announce the availability of OpenAFS 1.8.13.2. Source files can be accessed via the web at: https://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.8.13.2.html

Update: the meeting has been cancelled.

Hillgang, the Washington DC DCVM and Linux Users’ Group, has announced its upcoming meeting to be held on March 13, 2025 from 9:00 am to 2pm EST at the IBM Innovation Studio: 600 14th St NW 2nd FL Washington DC 20005. For more information please visit here.

The OpenAFS team has a new release as of 10/24/2024. OpenAFS 1.8.12.2 is the next release in the current stable series of OpenAFS releases for UNIX/Linux systems. It brings support for newer Linux mainline kernels (currently up to 6.11). Users of other UNIX/Linux systems do not need to update.

For more information:

• Read the 1.8.12.2 release notes
• Go to the distribution page

Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce the OpenAFS development release team’s availability of OpenAFS 1.8.12.1 - Maintenance release is now available for download.

Sine Nomine Associates, Inc. are pleased to once again be a sponsor for the VMworkshop 2024. You can find all the information on the link below and we hope to see you there.  

http://vmworkshop.org/2024.shtml

This year the conference will be hosted from June 20th-22nd at Virginia Commonwealth University, Academic Learning Commons - VCU 1000 Floyd Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220