FreeBSD

I decided that Thursday morning at 8:27 AM was the right time to start my first update from FreeBSD 15.0 to 15.1 – all my hosts are now on pkgbase. I used the pgkbasify script. Now it’s time to update again.

Teaching others about FreeBSD and helping it grow doesn’t require a developer background — it just takes someone willing to show up and talk about why this project matters. Whether that’s presenting at a local meetup or bringing FreeBSD into a classroom, community advocacy is one of the most effective ways we grow the project.

Containers play a major role in modern infrastructure, but they are not the right answer for every workload. This article explores how FreeBSD jails provide purpose-built isolation, predictable security boundaries, and deep ZFS integration—making them ideal infrastructure-grade services where stability is essential.

Today I will share how to install and setup a GitLab server on FreeBSD. Most people just use Microslopft GitHub these days but this approach has one big drawback – its cloud only solution. When it comes to on premise solutions there are GitLab and there is also Gitea. GitLab is closest to what GitHub provides while Gitea is very light and smaller brother trying to achieve the same goals by doing less. Good to have alternatives.

The Travel Grant Application for EuroBSDCon 2026 is now open. The Foundation can help you attend EuroBSDCon through our travel grant program. Travel grants are available to FreeBSD developers and advocates who need assistance with travel expenses for attending conferences related to FreeBSD development. Applications are due July 7, 2026. Find out more and apply today.

Yesterday, I modified r730-01 by Running pkgbasify on FreeBSD 15.0 – as a consequence, my log collecting jail was offline. Did it miss any logs?

At BSDCan 2026, I attended the pkgbase in Production: A Practical Overview talk. What impressed me was the ease with which one could upgrade from 15.0 to 15.1 etc. Included in the demonstration was pkgbasify (“Automatically convert a FreeBSD system to use pkgbase”).

Wanted to get people's takes on how they handle Linux only software. Bhyve seems like it would be less error prone, but trying to see if there's any advantages to the jail method. In particular I'm looking to install Netlockrmm.

Not looking for an argument, as I myself use a multitude of operating systems. Just liked the blending of my favorite show with FreeBSD.

Today – which is 2026/06/19 – is another anniversary of FreeBSD Day. Because of that kinda special ‘holiday’ I also prepared something special … FreeBSD project slowly

This is my FreeBSD music collection. It consists of songs inspired by FreeBSD releases, experiments, and desktop and server experiences that have become part of everyday life. It was built using Suno AI and then tweaked and polished each one.

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE. This is the second release of the stable/15 branch.

• https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/relnotes/
• https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.1-Released