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FreeBSD 15.0-BETA5 Now Available
posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 09, 2025
The fifth beta build of the 15.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available.
Installation images are available for:
o 15.0-BETA5 amd64 GENERIC
o 15.0-BETA5 powerpc64 GENERIC64
o 15.0-BETA5 powerpc64le GENERIC64LE
o 15.0-BETA5 armv7 GENERICSD
o 15.0-BETA5 aarch64 GENERIC
o 15.0-BETA5 aarch64 RPI
o 15.0-BETA5 aarch64 PINE64
o 15.0-BETA5 aarch64 PINE64-LTS
o 15.0-BETA5 aarch64 PINEBOOK
o 15.0-BETA5 aarch64 ROCK64
o 15.0-BETA5 aarch64 ROCKPRO64
o 15.0-BETA5 riscv64 GENERIC
o 15.0-BETA5 riscv64 GENERICSD
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/releases/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 "releng/15.0" branch.
A summary of changes since BETA4 includes:
o Libarchive update to 3.8.2.
o OpenSSL update to 3.5.4.
o Fixes to Google Compute Engine and Azure image building.
o Bug fixes in FUSE, NFS, ipfw, and pf.
o Numerous man page updates.
A list of changes since 14.0 is available in the releng/15.0
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.
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