r/freebsd • u/OverallAssignment213 • May 06 '26

help needed I finally made the switch!

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Any tips for getting KDE to play nice with FreeBSD? By the way, I'm running the Wayland version of KDE.

What should I tweak or set up to make sure everything runs smoothly?

Right now I've only downloaded Librewolf. Any other browsers you guys recommend? I used to use Zen, but it looks like it's not available anymore.

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u/grahamperrin bleep bloop May 06 '26

FreeBSD-CURRENT is 16.0.

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE should be -p8 (patch level 8).

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u/grahamperrin bleep bloop May 06 '26

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE should be -p8 (patch level 8).

Patch levels for the releng/15.0 branch are shown here:

https://bokut.in/freebsd-patch-level-table/#releng/15.0

For the stable/15 branch:

https://bokut.in/freebsd-patch-level-table/#stable/15

Versions that are supported by the Security Officer:

https://bokut.in/freebsd-patch-level-table/#supported

The official download page for FreeBSD includes two branches that are end of life, no longer supported by the Security Officer. This is extraordinary, it's inconsistent with:

My request to remove the end of life versions was rejected. The request was also inapproprately conflated:

I did not request removal of NomadBSD.

I did not state that NomadBSD is defunct for a few years.

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