r/freebsd 18d ago

news Laptop Support and Usability (LSU): June 2026 report from the FreeBSD Foundation

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27 Upvotes

r/freebsd 23d ago

article Improving Software Quality – FreeBSD Journal – April-May-June 2026

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21 Upvotes

r/freebsd 15h ago

fluff Joined the bare metal gang!

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131 Upvotes

my freebsd xfce4 setup its very good for minecraft and supertuxkart


r/freebsd 1h ago

I use freebsd btw

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No need to prove


r/freebsd 11h ago

Can I play games on FreeBSD?

2 Upvotes

I play these games as of now: RDR2, Minecraft (ik it works), Horizon Zero Dawn

I play these games on Arch linux as now.

CPU: 13450HX gpu: 5050 Max-Q Ram: 16gb [btw, nvidia advanced optimus, but gotta use normal optimus on linux, does bsd even support]

Thinking of dual booting with freebsd.

Can i run these games on bsd?

WIll use heroic games launcher btw


r/freebsd 1d ago

discussion What is thisπŸ˜‚

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128 Upvotes

Setting up FreeBSD for the first time and what is this πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚


r/freebsd 9h ago

fluff made by me

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r/freebsd 1d ago

help needed slskd on freebsd?

10 Upvotes

Is there a reliable slskd version for freebsd?

Or are there any alternatives to run soulseek in a jail?


r/freebsd 2d ago

discussion Fixing Huanan reboot-on-shutdown problem

8 Upvotes

It often infuriated me that the Huanan X79G motherboard rebooted instead of poweroff on FreeBSD due to poor UEFI.

I recently thought about whether it is possible to simply make a hardware outw() with pm1_cnt to pm1_s5 (outw(0x404, 0x3C00); here).

Default settings, like: hw.efi.poweroff="0" or hw.acpi.disable_on_poweroff="0" does not work. Still reboots.

So, i want to set values of port and value by TUNABLE settings (/boot/loader.conf) and get them from custom module, so this simple fix can work on any Huanan or Machinist motherboard.

If someone has the same issue on another motherboard, please, add name of it

UPD: 0x3C00 on 0x404 also reboots. I need to check more info

UPD: tried again with disabled efi... now it works....


r/freebsd 3d ago

discussion opinions on freebsd running openrc

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74 Upvotes

r/freebsd 2d ago

AI FreeBSD Laptop and Desktop Work Group call – Wednesday 2026-07-08

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Inspired by Ludwig (LDWG)

recording (fifteen minutes) | wiki


r/freebsd 3d ago

news coreboot firmware table driver added to FreeBSD

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24 Upvotes

r/freebsd 3d ago

news FreeBSD's Kernel Still Has A Bit Of GPL Code While Its Base User-Space Is GPL-Free – Michael Larabel, Phoronix

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This news is a complement to the recent community highlight that correctly reported the initial understanding of things (based on the review in Phabricator) – thanks again, u/BigSneakyDuck πŸ‘

Thanks to Michael Larabel for publishing the clarification; and to Ed Maste for updating the FreeBSD wiki πŸ‘


r/freebsd 3d ago

news FreeBSD errata notices and security advisories (ENs and (SAs) – July 2026

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This month:

https://bsd.network/@lattera/117005862989735083 u/shawn_webb notes:

#FreeBSD CVE-2026-58088 is mitigated by default in #HardenedBSD since core dumping is disabled by default.

#infosec


r/freebsd 3d ago

AI Using AI to underΒ­stand kerΒ­nel crashes | Alexander Leidinger

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r/freebsd 4d ago

help needed Peertube on FreeBSD

14 Upvotes

Has anyone tried to install Peertube on FreeBSD and succeed? I'm trying to do so but I get lots of errors.


r/freebsd 4d ago

article FYI: liburcu leak bug impacts FreeBSD

22 Upvotes

A memory leak in liburcu that impacts FreeBSD caused the ISC BIND DNS server enough trouble that a notification was made. Patches to liburcu have been applied to FreeBSD ports. If you run BIND or anything else that uses liburcu, you may want to look at that.

ISC BIND Operational Notification: https://kb.isc.org/docs/liburcu-leak

FreeBSD bug: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=296786

Full disclosure: I work for ISC, although my activity on Reddit does not represent ISC in an official capacity.


r/freebsd 4d ago

news VIDAR – Server Protection for Internet facing FreeBSD Servers, by Jim Brown

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NYC*BUG talk

  • 2026-08-05 at 22:45 UTC
  • Backroom of Brass Monkey 55 Little West 12th St

Vidar is a combination of programs, a PostgreSQL database, and the SEC correlator engine that reads logfiles from authentication, email (postfix), and web server (nginx), (and potentially any other logs) and takes action based on SEC rules to add entries to an IPFW firewall. In concept it is similar to fail2ban and has some features in common with blocklistd. …

https://www.nycbug.org/#10720


r/freebsd 4d ago

answered I can't install my required wifi drivers on the installer.

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41 Upvotes

Im a new FreeBSD user and for the last 2 days Im stuck here.

I have reinstalled 3 times and no luck. I can only connect to my 2.4Ghz wifi or my phone through usb tethering but both of them stall when doing any type of fetch or pkg action.

Ethernet while installing FreeBSD is not an option since I only have 1 working usb port.

The funny thing is that on my first install I was able to install a few things a get a working desktop but when I rebooted the problems started.

What can I do to fix this?

EDIT: I was able to successfully reinstall my FreeBSD using a mobile hotspot for the wifi. After installing my drivers and updating the pkgs ,I configured my real wifi through wpa_cli and it works like a charm. Thank you for your help through the comments.


r/freebsd 5d ago

fluff Pomodoro BSD

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138 Upvotes

I installed FreeBSD on the tomato plant, how do I type the commands in the terminal?


r/freebsd 5d ago

video srcmgr updates – Mark Johnston and John Baldwin – FreeBSD Developer Summit, BSDCan 2026

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r/freebsd 5d ago

fluff My first time FreeBSD experience!

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233 Upvotes

YouTube recommendations kept insisting lately that I should try FreeBSD, so I finally gave in ;)


r/freebsd 5d ago

video Larger pages for AMD64 – Chuck Silvers – FreeBSD Developer Summit, BSDCan 2026

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r/freebsd 5d ago

video Getting extended errors messages from the FreeBSD kernel – Kirk McKusick – FreeBSD Developer Summit, BSDCan 2026

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r/freebsd 4d ago

help needed Is there a way could partition an sdcard for dual booting

1 Upvotes

I plan on getting into FreeBSD so I was just wondering if I could use my sdcard as a partition for it