FreeBSD 15.0-RC4 Now Available

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 26, 2025

The fourth release candidate build of the 15.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available.


Installation images are available for:


o 15.0-RC4 amd64 GENERIC
o 15.0-RC4 powerpc64 GENERIC64
o 15.0-RC4 powerpc64le GENERIC64LE
o 15.0-RC4 armv7 GENERICSD
o 15.0-RC4 aarch64 GENERIC
o 15.0-RC4 aarch64 RPI
o 15.0-RC4 aarch64 PINE64
o 15.0-RC4 aarch64 PINE64-LTS
o 15.0-RC4 aarch64 PINEBOOK
o 15.0-RC4 aarch64 ROCK64
o 15.0-RC4 aarch64 ROCKPRO64
o 15.0-RC4 riscv64 GENERIC
o 15.0-RC4 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 RC3 includes:


o Updates to several man pages.


o Adding a "backup" pkgbase signing key.


* Slightly adjusting the package set on DVDs to fit within the 4.7 GB limit.


o Adding the allow_kdc_spoof option to pam_krb5.


o Fixing bugs in cp and inotify.


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.

Read on