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Last Update: 2026-01-04 08:22 UTC


FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.

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 • 2025-12-02: BSD Release: FreeBSD 15.0
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 • 2025-10-12: Development Release: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA1
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 • 2025-05-10: Development Release: FreeBSD 14.3-BETA2
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 • 2024-09-17: BSD Release: FreeBSD 13.4
 • 2024-06-04: BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.1
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Feature 15-CURRENT 14-STABLE 15.0 14.3 13.5 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Feature
Release Date 2026-01-04 2026-01-04 2025-12-02 2025-06-10 2025-03-11 2022-12-05 2018-07-08 2017-10-03 2014-07-15 2013-06-09 2011-02-24 2008-11-28 2006-05-25 2005-01-25 2000-06-24 1998-11-29 Release Date
End Of Life 2029-12-31 2028-11-30 2029-12 2025-09-30 2026-04-30 2024-06 2021-09 2018-10 2016-12 2015-08             End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)     200-4300 200-4300 200-3800 200-3200 200-3200 200-2900 100-1700               Image Size (MB)
Free Download Ports Ports ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop                                 Default Desktop
Default Browser                                 Default Browser
Package Management TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TBZ TBZ TBZ TGZ TGZ TGZ Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture aarch64, amd64, armv6, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i486, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 aarch64, amd64, armv6, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64 amd64, arm, armel, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, pc98, powerpc, sparc64, xbox amd64, arm, armel, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, pc98, powerpc, sparc64, xbox alpha, amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc, sparc64, xbox alpha, amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc, sparc64 alpha, i386 alpha, i386 alpha, i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC Init Software
Journaled File Systems UFS2 SU+J UFS2 + gjournal, ZFS UFS2 + gjournal, ZFS UFS2 + gjournal, ZFS UFS2 + gjournal, ZFS UFS2 + gjournal, ZFS UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal UFS2 + gjournal           Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw arabic, cn, jp, kr, tw Asian Language Support
Full Package List 15-current 14-stable 15.0 14.3 13.5 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Full Package List
Package 15-CURRENT 14-STABLE 15.0 14.3 13.5 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.15.1) 1.2.14 1.2.14 1.2.14 1.2.12 1.2.12 1.2.2 1.1.2 1.1.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.23 1.0.23 1.0.10 -- -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.15.1)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 22.0.0 22.0.0 22.0.0 22.0.0 19.1.0 22.0.0 18.1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (4.1.2)
apt (3.1.12) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.6.46 0.6.46 0.6.46 -- -- -- -- apt (3.1.12)
bash (5.3) 5.3.9 5.3.9 5.3 5.2.37 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.04 2.02.1 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.17) 9.20.17 9.20.17 9.20.16 9.20.8 9.18.1 9.18.7 9.14.1 9.11.2 9.9.5 9.7.2-P3 9.7.2 9.5.0 9.3.2 9.3.0 -- 8.1.2 bind (9.20.17)
chromium (143.0.7499.169) 143.0.7499.169 143.0.7499.169 140.0.7339.80 136.0.7103.92 131.0.6778.204 -- 73.0.3683.103 60.0.3112.101 35.0.1916.153 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (143.0.7499.169)
cinnamon (6.6.3) 6.4.13 6.4.13 6.4.10 5.4.9 5.4.9 4.8.6 2.4.6 2.4.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.3)
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.16 2.4.16 2.4.14 2.4.11 2.4.11 2.4.2 2.2.10 2.2.3 1.7.1 1.4.5 1.4.6 1.3.9 1.1.23 1.1.22 -- -- cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.3 1.47.3 1.47.3 1.47.2 1.47.1 1.46.5 1.45.2 1.43.4 1.42.9 1.41.13 1.41.14 1.41.0 1.38 1.35 -- -- e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (8.0.1) 8.0.1 8.0.1 6.1.2 6.1.2 6.1.2 4.4.3 4.1.3 3.3.3 2.1.1 0.6.1 0.6.1 cvs 0.4.9 0.4.9 -- -- ffmpeg (8.0.1)
firefox (146.0.1) 146.0.1 146.0.1 145.0.1 138.0.3 128.7.01 106.0.3 67.0.2 55.0.3 28.0.1 3.6.13 3.6.13 3.0.4 1.5.0.1 1.0 -- -- firefox (146.0.1)
flatpak (1.16.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.2)
freetype (2.14.1) 2.14.1 2.14.1 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.12.1 2.9.1 2.8 2.5.3 2.4.4 2.4.4 2.3.7 2.1.10 2.1.7 1.3.1 1.1 freetype (2.14.1)
gcc (15.2.0) 14.2.0 14.2.0 15.2.0 14.2.0 13 12.2.0 8.3.0 6.4.0 4.7.3 4.3.4 4.6.0 3.4.6 3.3.6 3.2.3 -- 2.8.1 gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.0.6) 2.10.38 2.10.38 2.10.38 2.10.38 2.10.38 2.10.32 2.10.8 2.8.22 2.8.10 2.6.11 2.6.11 2.4.7 2.2.10 2.2.1 -- 1.0.2 gimp (3.0.6)
git (2.52.0) 2.52.0 2.52.0 2.51.0 2.49.0 2.48.1 2.38.1 2.21.0 2.13.5 1.9.0 1.7.3.5 1.7.3.5 1.6.0.1 1.2.2 -- -- -- git (2.52.0)
glibc (2.42) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- glibc (2.42)
gnome-shell (49.2) 47.10 47.10 47.10 42.4 42.4 42.4 3.28.3 3.18.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (49.2)
grub (2.12) 2.02 -- 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.98 1.98 -- 0.97 0.95 -- -- grub (2.12)
gtk (4.20.3) 4.18.6 4.18.6 4.18.6 4.18.4 4.16.12 4.8.0 3.22.29 3.22.15 3.8.8 2.22.1 2.22.1 2.12.11 2.8.11 2.4.14 1.2.8 1.0.6 gtk (4.20.3)
httpd (2.4.66) 2.4.66 2.4.66 2.4.65 2.4.63 2.4.62 2.4.54 2.4.39 2.4.27 2.4.9 2.2.17 2.2.17 2.2.9 2.2.0 2.0.52 -- -- httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) 1.4.2 1.4.2 1.4.2 1.4 1.4 1.2.1 0.92.3 0.92.1 0.48.4 0.48.0 0.48.0 0.46 0.43 0.38.1 -- -- inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.14) 5.2.14 5.2.14 5.2.13 5.2.9 5.2.6 5.1.1 4.1.8 3.1.2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.14)
LibreOffice (25.8.4) 25.8.4 25.8.3 25.8.1 25.2.2 24.2.4 7.4.2 6.2.2 5.3.4 4.1.5 -- -- 2.4.1 -- 1.1.3 -- -- LibreOffice (25.8.4)
Package 15-CURRENT 14-STABLE 15.0 14.3 13.5 12.4 11.3 10.4 9.3 8.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 4.11 3.5 2.2.8 Package
libselinux (3.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.9)
linux (6.18.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- linux (6.18.3)
mariadb (12.1.2) 11.8.5 11.8.5 11.8.3 11.4.5 11.4.2 10.6.10 10.3.13 10.2.6 5.5.35 5.2.4 5.2.4 -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.1.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.26.0 1.20.3 1.12.1 1.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.3.3) 24.1.7 24.1.7 24.1.7 24.1.7 24.1.7 21.3.8 18.3.2 17.1.4 10.1.0 7.9.1 7.9.1 -- -- -- 3.2 3.0 mesa (25.3.3)
mysql (9.5.0) 9.4.0 9.4.0 3.3.0 9.1.0 3.3.0 8.0.30 8.0.16 5.7.19 5.6.17 5.1.55 5.5.9 5.0.67 5.0.18 4.1.7 3.22.32 3.22.10b mysql (9.5.0)
nautilus (49.2) 47.5 47.5 47.5 47.2 42.2 42.2 3.28.1 3.18.5 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 2.22.5.1 2.12.2 2.8.2 -- -- nautilus (49.2)
NVIDIA (590.48.01) 580.119.02 580.119.02 580.95.05 570.124.04 550.54.14 510.60.02 390.87 375.66 331.49 -- 270.18 -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (590.48.01)
openjdk (25) 25.0.1 25.0.1 24.0.2 24.0.0 17.0.1.12.1 17.0.4 12.0.0 8u131 7u51 7b122 7b122 -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (25)
openssh (10.2p1) 10.2p1 10.2p1 10.0p1 9.9p2 9.7p1 9.0p1 7.9p1 7.5p1 6.6p1 5.4p1 5.2p1 3.6p1 3.6p1 3.6p1 -- -- openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.0) 3.6.0 3.6.0 3.6.0 3.4.1 3.0.15 1.1.1q 1.1.1b 1.0.2l 1.0.1 1.0.0 1.0.0d 0.9.8h 0.9.8a 0.9.7e -- -- openssl (3.6.0)
perl (5.42.0) 5.42.0 5.42.0 5.42.0 5.40.2 5.36.3 5.36.0 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.16.3 5.12.3 5.12.3 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.5 -- 5.005.02 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.5.1) 8.5.1 8.5.1 8.4.13 8.4.5 8.3.8 8.1.12 7.3.6 7.1.8 5.5.10 5.3.5 5.3.5 5.2.6 5.1.2 5.0.3 -- -- php (8.5.1)
plasma-desktop (6.5.4) 6.5.4 6.5.4 6.4.5 6.3.5 6.1.2 5.24.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.5.4)
postfix (3.10.7) 3.10.6 3.10.6 3.10.4 3.10.1 3.9.11 3.7.2 3.3.4 3.2.2 2.11.0 2.8.0 2.8.0 2.5.4 2.2.9 2.1.5 -- -- postfix (3.10.7)
postgresql (18.1) 18.1 18.1 18.1 17.4 1.3.2 14.5 11.3 9.6.4 8.4.21 9.0.3 9.0.3 8.3.3 8.1.3 7.4.6 -- -- postgresql (18.1)
Python (3.14.2) 3.14.2 3.14.2 3.12.11 3.11.11 3.11.11 3.11.0 3.7.3 3.6.1 2.7.6 2.6.6 3.1.3 2.5.2 2.4.2 2.4 1.5.2 1.5.1 Python (3.14.2)
qt (6.10.1) 6.10.1 6.10.1 6.9.3 6.8.3 6.8.2 5.15.5 5.12.1 5.7.1 4.8.5 4.7.1 4.7.1 3.3.8 3.3.5 3.3.3 1.45 1.41 qt (6.10.1)
samba (4.23.4) 4.23.4 4.23.4 4.20.7 4.20.7 4.19.7 4.13.17 4.8.9 4.6.6 4.1.6 3.5.6 3.5.6 3.0.32 3.0.21b 3.0.10 -- 1.9.18.10 samba (4.23.4)
systemd (259) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (259)
thunderbird (146.0.1) 146.0.1 146.0.1 145.0 138.0.1 128.7.1 102.4.1 60.7.1 52.3.0 24.4.0 3.1.7 3.1.7 2.0.0.16 1.5 1.0 -- -- thunderbird (146.0.1)
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.3 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.22 3.0.22 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.17.4 3.0.6 2.2.6 2.1.2 1.1.7 1.1.7 0.8.6i 0.8.4a -- -- -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.24.0) 1.24.0 1.24.0 1.24.0 1.23.1 1.23.1 1.21.0 1.16.0 1.13.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.1 4.20.1 4.20.1 4.20.1 4.20.0 4.16.1 4.12.4 4.12.3 4.10.2 4.6.2 4.6.2 4.4.2 4.2.3.2 4.0.6 -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.20 21.1.20 21.1.18 21.1.16 21.1.14 21.1.4 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.7.7 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.4.2 (6.9.0) -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.21)

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Version: 15-CURRENT
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-12-22
Votes: 24


Version FreeBSD 15.0

Installed on Lenovo laptop G500. Everything is working fine, after initial install i have installed KDE Plasma, didn't have sound after boot. Ahter logout then re-login, sound is working fine. I made a script for restarting pulseaudio in autostart program. Now is fine. Installed Lazarus, Code and Go and I am impressed by the compiling speed. Installed also wine and application that I have tested are working faster under Freebsd than in Windows 11 on much more potent and younger laptop.


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Version: 15.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2025-12-20
Votes: 0


After struggling with all the 14.x series to get my wifi working, I was very excited to know that the 15 stable version was ready and promising a lot of improvements with the wireless drivers. Well, not really...the wireless interface was detected but not active, and as soon as I tried to bring it up I got a kernel panic. That was the game stopper.
Ok, I already knew that when it comes to BSD Realtek divers have been a pain for years, but unfornutaley most of the PCs out there run them, and my RTL8851BE is not exactly one of the latest cardsm that's why I was so surprised that it does not work yet. I already knew that BSD devs themselves admits that the systems sucks at WiFI and most of its users rely on Ethernet connections or dongles, but at least I hoped that the announced "improved support" was effective, it wasn't the case. Just another let down, waiting for who knows how long...


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Version: 15.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-12-13
Votes: 40


Review: FreeBSD 15.0 (STABLE and RELEASE) on ThinkPad Laptops

Overall Impression FreeBSD 15.0, tested in both STABLE and RELEASE branches on ThinkPad hardware, delivers a surprisingly smooth desktop experience. Boot times are fast, hardware support is solid, and the system feels responsive and reliable in daily use.

Pros

General stability: The system runs well across typical workloads.

Fast boot: Startup times are noticeably quick compared to earlier releases.

Hardware support: ThinkPad devices are well recognized, with drivers and firmware behaving consistently.

Function keys: All F‑keys work out of the box. For hotkeys that may be inactive, devd combined with a simple script can enable them. This works excellently for brightness control, desktop icons, and percentage indicators, behaving just as it would under KDE.

Wayland support: Wayland now works reasonably well, especially when paired with KDE Plasma 6 and SDDM.

KDE usability: Once application permissions are correctly configured, KDE Plasma integrates seamlessly and feels polished.

Cons

Suspend to RAM: While the system suspends correctly under Wayland, waking from suspend does not behave reliably.

PipeWire maturity: PipeWire integration is still evolving; some features are incomplete.

Fallback audio: PulseAudio continues to work adequately, but PipeWire is not yet a full replacement.

Verdict Despite minor issues with suspend and PipeWire, FreeBSD 15.0 on ThinkPads is a strong release. The combination of fast boot, solid hardware support, working function keys, and functional Wayland/KDE Plasma makes it a compelling option for users who want FreeBSD as a daily driver on laptops.

Rating: 20/20


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