FreeBSD 15.1 lands, but desktop dabblers still have to draw their own GUI
OS PLATFORMS
Better laptop sleep and Wi-Fi support make the beastie more portable-friendly, but getting beyond the shell remains a DIY job
After a delay when a microcode-related boot problem surfaced, FreeBSD 15.1 is now available. Laptop support is getting there, but a GUI from the installer isn't – yet. You'll have to put in some extra work if you want to have more than a command prompt.
As you might expect from its version number, it's much like a point release of other, more widely used OSes: it contains lots of bug fixes, and hardware support in multiple areas is improved. For the lowdown on what has changed, the Release Notes contain a list of fixes and new features, and the one known issue – in the NFS client – is detailed in the Errata.
Desktop use is something of an edge case for FreeBSD, but the Laptop...
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