FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE (12/2/25)
Some of the highlights:
- The FreeBSD "base" system can now be installed and managed using the pkg(8) package manager (see "Packaged base system" below).
- The FreeBSD 15.0 release artifacts (install images, VM images, etc.) were all generated without requiring root privilege.
- FreeBSD now has a native inotify implementation, simplifying directory watching and software porting.
- OpenZFS has been upgraded to 2.4.0-rc4.
- OpenSSL has been upgraded to the latest long-term support (LTS) version, 3.5.4, which includes support for QUIC and now standardized quantum-resistant algorithms, ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA.
- OpenSSH has been upgraded to 10.0p2 which includes support for quantum-resistant key agreement by default.
For a complete list of new features, supported hardware, and known problems:
- https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/15.0R/relnotes/
- https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/15.0R/hardware/
- https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/15.0R/errata/
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