we forgot to document the "optional”/"optional-jail” pkgbase sets in freebsd-base(7) for 15.0... in case anyone is wondering, this set is everything in "base" which is not otherwise part of minimal or devel.

the use-case for this is if you want to install the complete base system without compilers, which is somewhat common on production systems with a no-compilers policy, and in jails/containers.

updated documentation: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54065 - will land in 15.1 since this is far too trivial to errata.

#freebsd

This #GivingTuesday we invite you to support all Call For Testing activities via https://bsdfund.org

Weekly #FreeBSD build option regressing tests
The Weekly Jails/Zones Production User Call
The Weekly #OpenZFS Production User Call
The Weekly #bhyve Production User Call
bhyvecon
The OpenZFS User and Developer Summit
BSDCan Fundraising
#BSDTV A/V package fundraising
Way too many conference talks

❤️

What happens when you boot with multiple zroot?

Can it be fixed without booting from a live disk & without pulling the problem disks?

I wanted to test this scenario after hitting it earlier this week. Please make suggestions given above restrictions.

https://dan.langille.org/2025/12/02/9228/

#FreeBSD #ZFS

#FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE has landed!

https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/announce/

I’m proud of so many things in this release, but one most of all :-

The collaboration and contributions for hundreds of people from so many countries and continents around the world.

We may not agree about pineapple on pizza, but we’re all part of building a terrific community-lead freely-licensed open source OS, used in everything from massive storage appliances and internet-scale routers, down to gaming consoles, and embedded systems.

Thank-you everybody!

My #FreeBSD jail needed a second interface in the storage #VLAN.
I like to use #DHCP for central configuration, but this extra interface should not set the hostname, routing, etc.

Ended up adding a kind of dummy entry to the dhclient.conf which only gets the IP address AFAIS.

interface "epair13b" {
send host-name "myhost-vlan1";
request subnet-mask;
}

✅ 💪

Tips for a better way to do this?

I have Time Machine backups working from my laptop to my #FreeBSD NAS (Samba), but using the same share config doesn’t work for my wife’s — looks like macOS Tahoe (26) causes breakage around that; I haven’t upgraded but she did.

Annoyingly not been able to find the right combination of Samba config options to make it work. It still works to the Synology at least so backups still working, and there must be a way to do it.

Out of brain this evening though.

Why can't I use base_release_0 in #FreeBSD in poudriere? I'm running this:

poudriere jail -c -v 15 -j FreeBSD:15:amd64 -m pkgbase=base_release_0 -U https://pkg.freebsd.org/

pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org//FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0/meta.conf: Unknown error

What do I need to read to understand poudriere+pkgbase?

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE released

https://r1os.com/sites/news/freebsd-15-0-released.php

#freebsd #bsd #bhyve #pkgbase #opensource #freesoftware #intel #linux #openbsd #netbsd #runbsd

It is #FreeBSD #Release day. Welcome to the world FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/announce/

Added 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟭 - 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸 [UPDATE 1 - Stable as Rock] to 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝟭𝟰.𝟯 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗣𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝟮𝟱 [FreeBSD 14.3 on FrankenPad T25] article.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/freebsd-14-3-on-frankenpad-t25/

#verblog #freebsd #x11 #desktop #laptop #uptime #suspend #resume

#FreeBSD 15-RELEASE is here!!
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/relnotes/

New 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝟭𝟱.𝟬-𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 [Valuable FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Updates] article.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/valuable-freebsd-15-0-release-updates/

#verblog #freebsd #improvements #release #updates

#BoxyBSD chat is now also available in #irc!

People asked for old school possibilities to take part on the BoxyBSD chat and here we go! Finally, you can also simply join #BoxyBSD on Libera (next to your #FreeBSD channels)! This bridge was written by @gyptazy to support additional chat communications.

Important: This IRC channel is bridged between #Discord and #Matrix to have a unified communications flow without splitting the community. If you don't like Discord, please don't join this channel!

Infos about how to connect by IRC to Libera IRC:
- https://libera.chat/guides/connect

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #OpenSolaris #Debian #FreeVPS #VPS #FreeVM #VirtualMachines #OpenSource #BSD #RUNBSD

What Brings People to FreeBSD?

Recent comments on our community post showed just how diverse the paths into FreeBSD can be. Some users have been running FreeBSD since the 1990s for its stability and predictable behavior. Others found it through TrueNAS, books, mentors, user groups, or simply curiosity.

Thank you to everyone who shared their experience. These stories help newcomers see the many ways FreeBSD supports real-world work.

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Community #FreeBSDFoundation

A bunch of popular #FreeBSD ports are now up for grabs, MAINTAINER-wise.

https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=f12c037f5a354e15cd62541300de9ca6325401db

The Call for Papers for #bsdcan is open, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html and https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html for some background (f you want to explain to less BSD-savvy friends) #bsdcan #bsd #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #sysadmin #devops #conference

I keep having to remind myself that this #FreeBSD laptop isn't running Linux.

Other than a few very minor issues, it JUST WORKS. After all of the work (it wasn't even hard, really) of setting it up and customizing a couple of my scripts to run on FreeBSD, the OS does its most important job: disappearing.

This is pretty cool. Give yourselves a pat on the back, #FreeBSD devs. Things are really getting better.

Disclaimer: Just because I haven't encountered any deal-breakers doesn't mean that you won't. Always do your due diligence and try it out on a non-critical machine, first. Also, using an old #Thinkpad (instead of a brand new whatever) is usually the best advice for stuff like this ;)

I documented how to install "desktop" extensions with code-server on #FreeBSD
https://0x1eef.github.io/posts/how-to-install-extensions-with-code-server/

Houston, we have installed #FreeBSD 15.0-REL with KDE Plasma 6.4.5 on a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 6 laptop.
I have come full circle. I used to daily drive FreeBSD 5.x on a Thinkpad a20p in the early 2000s.
Today I used the "technology preview" method for pkg installation, too. I posted this from the laptop, of course!!
Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including the parties who made the script to install KDE with one command. #freebsd15

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟮/𝟬𝟭 (Valuable News - 2025/12/01) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/valuable-news-2025-12-01/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday