GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p2 introduces a major update by transitioning to FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE, incorporating upstream improvements like expanded hardware support and security enhancements. Key changes include switching the default shell to zsh, adopting XLibre as the default display server, and adding Enterprise WPA (802.1X/EAP) and WireGuard support in NetworkMGR. Update Station now handles boot environment-based major version upgrades, while Software Station features faster package searches via bisect-based algorithms. The release also refreshes the visual identity with new wallpapers, icon themes, and theme variants, though existing users upgrading will retain their current display server (Xorg or otherwise). Notable fixes address UEFI boot issues, missing installers in XFCE, and VirtualBox EFI mode compatibility, with a known post-upgrade issue involving invisible panels (resolved by logging out and back in).
A terminal screensaver that mimics the freebsd-update(8) tool, released as an Easter Egg for FreeBSD Day, with details on its settings and the project's move to PKGBASE.
A step-by-step guide to expanding a GELI-encrypted ZFS disk for a FreeBSD bhyve VM, covering ZVOL resizing, gpart recovery and partition expansion, GELI auto-resize, and enabling ZFS autoexpand, with notes on FreeBSD 14.1 vs 15.0 behavior.
The NetBSD project has released the fifth release candidate for 11.0, urging users to test it before the final release, with updated third-party software like OpenSSL and unbound and split ISO images for CD/R and DVD media.
This episode covers FreeBSD to OpenBSD WireGuard setups, using object storage with OpenZFS and SeaweedFS, a ZFS script for labeling drives, predictable IPv6 addresses for OpenBSD VMs, and more.
A KTLS receive path flaw allows unprivileged local users to overwrite arbitrary files by sending them over a loopback connection, potentially escalating privileges, and is corrected in all supported FreeBSD branches.
Klara Systems compares ZFS and Ceph, explaining when Ceph's distributed storage is necessary and when ZFS offers a simpler, lower-latency, and more cost-effective solution for virtualization, databases, and backups.
A detailed walkthrough of setting up FreeBSD 15.1 as a daily-driver laptop OS, covering pkgbase, LinuxKPI WiFi, KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland, battery life, loader/sysctl tuning, device permissions, and hardware-specific tips for ThinkPads.
The drm-kmod port now includes Linux 6.12 LTS graphics drivers for FreeBSD 15.1+, improving compatibility with modern AMD Radeon and Intel hardware, stability, and Wayland support, with SLTS planned to 2036 via CIP.
FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE is now available for amd64, aarch64, armv7, powerpc64, powerpc64le, and riscv64, featuring LinuxKPI-based wireless drivers on Linux 7.0, boot-time scheduler selection, C23 language support progress, and Unicode 17.0.0 with 4,803 new characters.
The FreeBSD Foundation has launched a 6-month, $250k project funded by Alpha Omega to engage Security Team members in using AI tools to discover and manually patch vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD kernel, base system, and ports tree, while also improving fuzzing and triage infrastructure.
This week covers FreeBSD Git Weekly updates, native inotify in FreeBSD, OpenBSD splitting syslogd into privileged and non-privileged binaries, a new FreeBSD rcd service manager daemon, Klara and TrueNAS fixing a long-standing ZFS deduplication issue, and more.
OpenBSD's syslogd now splits its privileged and non-privileged components into separate binaries, with the parent process forked and exec'd for stronger isolation and a smaller image size, and the rcctl script updated accordingly.
.NET on FreeBSD 15, Klara and TrueNAS fixing dedup, dhcpcd and unbound in FreeBSD Jails, and more.