FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA3 Now Available

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 24, 2025

The third alpha build of the 15.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available.


Installation images are available for:


o 15.0-ALPHA3 amd64 GENERIC
o 15.0-ALPHA3 powerpc64 GENERIC64
o 15.0-ALPHA3 powerpc64le GENERIC64LE
o 15.0-ALPHA3 armv7 GENERICSD
o 15.0-ALPHA3 aarch64 GENERIC
o 15.0-ALPHA3 aarch64 RPI
o 15.0-ALPHA3 aarch64 PINE64
o 15.0-ALPHA3 aarch64 PINE64-LTS
o 15.0-ALPHA3 aarch64 PINEBOOK
o 15.0-ALPHA3 aarch64 ROCK64
o 15.0-ALPHA3 aarch64 ROCKPRO64
o 15.0-ALPHA3 riscv64 GENERICSD


Note that riscv64 GENERIC is not available for ALPHA3; this is fallout
from a problem with OCI container images and should be fixed by ALPHA4.


Note regarding arm SD card images: For convenience for those without
console access to the system, a freebsd user with a password of
freebsd is available by default for ssh(1) access.  Additionally,
the root user password is set to root.  It is strongly recommended
to change the password for both users after gaining access to the
system.


Installer images and memory stick images are available here:


    https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/


The image checksums follow at the end of this e-mail.


If you notice problems you can report them through the Bugzilla PR
system or on the -stable mailing list.


If you would like to use Git to do a source based update of an existing
system, use the "stable/15" branch.


A summary of changes since ALPHA2 includes:


o Many pkgbase-related fixes to release image building and installation.


o Various LinuxKPI and WiFi updates.


o unbound update to 1.23.1.


o bc update to 7.1.0


A list of changes since 14.0 is available in the stable/15
release notes:


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


Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be
updated on an ongoing basis as the 15.0-RELEASE cycle progresses.

Read on