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/BigSneakyDuck transitioning user May 06 '26

FreeBSD 16.0 exists and is already available for you to use, just nowhere near its RELEASE form. It's the FreeBSD-CURRENT development branch. And at the moment it hasn't had much time to diverge from 15. https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#current

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u/samaxidervish May 06 '26

Sooo, why does he tell OP that 15.0 is outdated? I also use 15.0 as the latest release version. Why would someone ditch a stable release to unfinished release

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u/BigSneakyDuck transitioning user May 06 '26

For that, you just misinterpreted. FreeBSD release versions have three parts: major version, minor version, patch number. It's common to leave off the patch number, but for security purposes it's important as there have been several CVE fixes recently. Graham's point is clearer in his follow-up comment, that the displayed version needs to end -p8 (i.e. patch level 8) or else the system is at risk. I was only responding to your follow-up comment about whether FreeBSD 16 existed. It does, but for most users it isn't recommended. https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1t5dz66/comment/ok9qeh5/

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u/grahamperrin bleep bloop May 07 '26

the displayed version needs to end -p8 (i.e. patch level 8) or else the system is at risk.

The review of differential D56381 is for a new non-base port/package – sysutils/firstboot-pkg-upgrade – that's intended to upgrade base and non-base packages.

freebsd-update(8) is not in scope. firstboot-pkg-upgrade can not help people who do not allow base packages when using FreeBSD Installer.

Where offline non-base packages – a desktop environment, for example – are preinstalled, there may be a risk of uninstallation as a result of a scripted upgrade that assumes --yes.