FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15!

FreeBSD 15 is out! You can read the release notes here! I put the ones that sounded juicy to me. For my simple home use. The adduser(8) utility, used by bsdinstall(8), will now create a ZFS dataset for a new user’s home directory if the parent directory resides on a ZFS dataset. A command-line option is available to disable use of a separate dataset. ZFS encryption is also available. 516009ce8d38 The jail(8) command now supports the zfs.dataset parameter to attach a list of ZFS datasets to a jail. e0dfe185cbca ...

December 6, 2025 · 2 min · Reese
TrueNAS core FOSS evolution

zVault

I’m real excited to see what comes of this project. I switched to vanilla FreeBSD once TureNAS went to scale. I’ve enjoyed the experience because I’ve learned more about the underlying system. You can read more about the project here. I have not messed with it yet. However I do finally have bhyve working. I used the vm-bhyve scripts. It was pretty seamless once I RTFM.

July 8, 2025 · 1 min · Reese