FreeBSD 15.0 is now available (lists.freebsd.org)

37 points by cperciva 7mo ago ↗ HN

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znpy 7mo ago ↗

Weird to see a release candidate version of openzfs being used for the stable release of freebsd.

We wouldn't do it with anything else, but FreeBSD has a special relationship with OpenZFS.

znpy 7mo ago ↗

Hey, thanks for chiming in.

Can you elaborate a bit further?

I absolutely do not mean to be inquisitive, but what does the special relationship means/brings in term of stability?

ggeorg 7mo ago ↗

* The FreeBSD "base" system can now be installed and managed using the pkg(8) package manager.

This is huge! No more freebsd-update! Thank you for the hard work! Can't wait to test this...

Gud 7mo ago ↗

So is this the year of the FreeBSD desktop? Finally some decent WiFi support

On a FreeBSD 14.3 RPI4 box with an Internet connection but with only minor customization, upgrading was simple:

1. freebsd-update -r 15.0-RELEASE upgrade

2. freebsd-update install # (first of 2 runs, for upgrading system components)

3. shutdown -r now

4. freebsd-update install # (second of 2 runs, for userland components)

5. pkg bootstrap -f # (update pkg utility if/as needed)

6. pkg upgrade

7. profit!