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FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA1 and Other FreeBSD news
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Distro Watch ☛ FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA1
FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.
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FreeBSD ☛ FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Release Notes
The release notes for FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the 15-STABLE development line. This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since the last release, as well as significant changes to the FreeBSD kernel and userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.
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FreeBSD ☛ FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA1 Now Available
The first alpha build of the 15.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available.
Installation images are available for:
o 15.0-ALPHA1 amd64 GENERIC o 15.0-ALPHA1 powerpc64le GENERIC64LE o 15.0-ALPHA1 armv7 GENERICSD o 15.0-ALPHA1 aarch64 GENERIC o 15.0-ALPHA1 aarch64 RPI o 15.0-ALPHA1 aarch64 PINE64 o 15.0-ALPHA1 aarch64 PINE64-LTS o 15.0-ALPHA1 aarch64 PINEBOOK o 15.0-ALPHA1 aarch64 ROCK64 o 15.0-ALPHA1 aarch64 ROCKPRO64 o 15.0-ALPHA1 riscv64 GENERIC o 15.0-ALPHA1 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 "stable/15" branch.
A list of changes since 14.0 is available in the 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. -
DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ Lazy Reading for 2025/09/07
A little bit of a thread here on the current crawling plague. The Terminal Demise Of Consumer Electronics Through Subscription Services. Why I prefer rST to markdown. Nobody remembers SGML, but everyone reinvents it. (via) gpart on FreeBSD to partition and format a USB key. stylish bugs.