FreeBSD 15.0-BETA1 Now Available

A summary of changes since ALPHA5 includes:

- OpenZFS upgraded to 2.4.0 rc2
- Various fixes to "no-root" release building
- Various fixes to the process for building OCI container images
- Various fixes to the process for building VM and cloud images
- A performance fix for TCP LRO on some network interfaces
- A build fix for the published pkgbase-repo.tar files
- ahci no longer fails to attach if MSI-X BARs cannot be allocated

release notes https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/relnotes/

read more at
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-October/003383.html

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE (12/2/25)

Some of the highlights:

- The FreeBSD "base" system can now be installed and managed using the pkg(8) package manager (see "Packaged base system" below).

- The FreeBSD 15.0 release artifacts (install images, VM images, etc.) were all generated without requiring root privilege.

- FreeBSD now has a native inotify implementation, simplifying directory watching and software porting.

- OpenZFS has been upgraded to 2.4.0-rc4.

- OpenSSL has been upgraded to the latest long-term support (LTS) version, 3.5.4, which includes support for QUIC and now standardized quantum-resistant algorithms, ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA.

- OpenSSH has been upgraded to 10.0p2 which includes support for quantum-resistant key agreement by default.

For a complete list of new features, supported hardware, and known problems:
- https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/15.0R/relnotes/
- https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/15.0R/hardware/
- https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/15.0R/errata/

BVCP Native webadmin / control panel for FreeBSD Bhyve

https://bhyve.npulse.net/

x11/xlibre officially in FreeBSD ports

Some things like third-party drivers and KDE still need some work, but we are looking forward to the 2026Q1 branch.

https://x.com/XLibreDev/status/1999558129235952088

https://x.com/vermaden/status/1999484591200256245

https://www.freshports.org/x11/xlibre/

Installing every window manager on FreeBSD

We asked you folks what window managers, or desktop environments, besides KDE you'd like us to try installing. So after sifting through over 400 comments, we arrived at a list of 10. In this video we try a neat little tool, available as a package, that makes installing them a simple job.

Check the handbook for more info too

The state of gaming on FreeBSD - Thibault Payet

https://fosdem.org/2026/events/attachments/NXP3HE-bsd-gaming/slides/265821/the_state_mwacakv.pdf

Make a Simple NAS with FreeBSD and a Raspberry Pi

Running #FreeBSD on a Raspberry is so simple we realised it would make a rather boring video. So with the help of some old hardware, we take a look at how easy it is to make a Pi into a NAS.

src https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqFiTRYo1fk