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FreeBSD 15.0-RC1 Now Available: The first release candidate build of the 15.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available
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FreeBSD ☛ FreeBSD 15.0-RC1 Now Available
The first release candidate build of the 15.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available.
Note: Due to a problem affecting VM image builds, we anticipate building an expedited 15.0-RC2.
Installation images are available for:
o 15.0-RC1 amd64 GENERIC o 15.0-RC1 powerpc64 GENERIC64 o 15.0-RC1 powerpc64le GENERIC64LE o 15.0-RC1 armv7 GENERICSD o 15.0-RC1 aarch64 GENERIC o 15.0-RC1 aarch64 RPI o 15.0-RC1 aarch64 PINE64 o 15.0-RC1 aarch64 PINE64-LTS o 15.0-RC1 aarch64 PINEBOOK o 15.0-RC1 aarch64 ROCK64 o 15.0-RC1 aarch64 ROCKPRO64 o 15.0-RC1 riscv64 GENERIC o 15.0-RC1 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 BETA5 includes:
o The FreeBSD-base repository is now defined in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.
o The FreeBSD-base repository now resides on pkgbase.FreeBSD.org and is signed using different keys from the FreeBSD-ports repository.
o Dynamic gang headers are now supported by the boot loader.
o Many bug fixes, especially to networking and 32-bit compatibility.
o Build fixes to support creation of Google Cloud and Azure images.
A list of changes since 14.0 is available in the releng/15.0 release notes:
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/relnotes/ -
Distro Watch ☛ Development Release: FreeBSD 15.0-RC1
Colin Percival has announced the availability of the first release candidate for the upcoming FreeBSD 15.0, scheduled for final release in early December. The new version will introduce a large number of changes, including the deprecation of fdisk in favor of gpart. Also new in this release is the improved date program which now also supports nanoseconds, while the dtrace utility can now generate machine-readable output in JSON, XML and HTML using libxo. [...]