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Release of FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA2
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FreeBSD ☛ FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA2 Now Available
The second alpha build of the 15.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available.
Installation images are available for:
o 15.0-ALPHA2 amd64 GENERIC o 15.0-ALPHA2 armv7 GENERICSD o 15.0-ALPHA2 aarch64 GENERIC o 15.0-ALPHA2 aarch64 RPI o 15.0-ALPHA2 aarch64 PINE64 o 15.0-ALPHA2 aarch64 PINE64-LTS o 15.0-ALPHA2 aarch64 PINEBOOK o 15.0-ALPHA2 aarch64 ROCK64 o 15.0-ALPHA2 aarch64 ROCKPRO64 o 15.0-ALPHA2 riscv64 GENERIC o 15.0-ALPHA2 riscv64 GENERICSD
Note: The powerpc64 and powerpc64le builds failed due to pkgbase build issues which are currently under investigation and should be fixed in time for ALPHA3.
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 ALPHA1 includes:
o Builds are now properly reproducibly.
o Install media now contains pkgbase repositories.
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. -
Distro Watch ☛ FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA2
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