The updates are now landed on latest (main) branch of ports tree. https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=536352bd7c13b49c985d0e07474d7258ba793fbe

https://github.com/maxsteciuk/freebsd-rtl8821ae … 802.11ac WiFi — PCIe kernel driver extending the rtwn(4) framework Bluetooth 4.0 — setup automation for the ng_ubt(4) / rtlbtfw(8) stack (RTL8821AE only; RTL8812AE is WiFi-only) … Please note, testing does not mention wake from sleep (resume from suspend). #AI

Thanks! Shared in Reddit (with a link back to Billboard): An AI audit of FreeBSD - Calif : r/freebsd Since we started this campaign of hacking the Internet with AI, we’ve learned something many of you already knew: the Internet runs on volunteers. … We feel like we owe these maintainers something. … … Thanks To the FreeBSD team, for working with us and for taking the work seriously. To OpenAI and Anthropic, for the tokens. And to all maintainers who keep the Internet running with very little credit and very few hands: thank you.

mdo on FreeBSD 15: Base-System Privilege Delegation with mac_do FreeBSD 15 ships mdo(1) and the mac_do(4) policy module in the base system. It replaces sudo and doas for most of my hosts, needs no ports, and configures with a single sysctl. This article walks t... https://blog.hofstede.it/mdo-on-freebsd-15-base-system-privilege-delegation-with-mac_do/

Thanks! Also: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@crocidb/116611958551695049 from the author @crocidb@mastodon.gamedev.place followed by links to Reddit, Lobsters and Hacker News https://mstdn.social/@osnews/116619768376945905 @thomholwerda@exquisite.social https://fosstodon.org/@governa/116621801865414113

I built a native ambient sound generator … : r/freebsd https://github.com/elytraVIII/ElytAmbience a native ambient sound generator built for the BSD desktop. It is a high-performance rewrite of the popular Blanket application, specifically optimized for FreeBSD and GhostBSD. On an old train, listening to birdsong. Perfect. [image: 1779517938538-f481c96c-ccac-4503-a48e-c763242ab1bc-image.jpeg]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@emaste/116597496244280489We booted Debian and FreeBSD 15 using QEMU accelerated with bhyve/vmm for the first time. This is an epic milestone for the FreeBSD community and beyond ! : r/freebsd <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tk0eja/we_booted_debian_and_freebsd_15_using_qemu/> – Mario Zio.＂Further development is needed...a lot of development...but anyway this is a storic moment....we can use another hypervisor. This time in cooperation with the storic and mature QEMU. FreeBSD is second to none.This success has been possible thanks to the competence of Abhinav Chavali who started this project for the GSOC 2025 ; thanks bro.It's built on top of dumrich's work. …＂#FreeBSD #bhyve #QEMU #Linux #Debian @freebsd SummerOfCode2025Projects/VMMAcceleratorSupportForQEMU - FreeBSD Wiki — <https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2025Projects/VMMAcceleratorSupportForQEMU>Cc @stefano @dexter @seanwbruno @dch

An overview, including clickable links to CVE records: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tjaceg/20260520_freebsd_errata_notice_and_seven_security/ Via https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116611475150461633

@gta1998 We have an issue with a realtek device and vnet/bridges starting with FreeBSD 14.4, maybe try ifconfig re0 -txcsum -rxcsumand see if this helps.

@grahamperrin said: I get the same (and don't intend to log in, although I do have an account) Me too!

dhcpd and unbound in FreeBSD jails The other day, I used FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi card to get a redundant DHCP server and DNS resolver working together with an OpenBSD server. It works great. But another FreeBSD server is available and I don’t really need yet another gadget powered on. So I moved both the DHCP and DNS services to this machine. While I was there, I took the opportunity to put them into their own jails. Because, you know, privilege escalation… https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/dhcpd-and-unbound-in-freebsd-jails/ ping: https://framapiaf.org/@joel@tumfatig.net/116599962350361525

https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/pages/src/branch/main/FreeBSD and Plasma 6 install - a log @thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza wrote: I got triggered to revive my description on how to get a KDE Wayland session on FreeBSD up and running. … From line 105 onwards it handles the Big K and how to run a Wayland session. This is what you'll end up with: [image: 1779173184669-0e77c797-b26f-48da-8be5-9a23f2ede523-image.jpeg]

No problem with the vote @grahamperrin said: For what it's worth, I think: don't delete it from BSD Cafe Billboard. It's good to raise awareness of the reputation. I hadn't thought of it that way. Interesting!

FreeBSD Foundation Laptop Update: https://freebsdfoundation.github.io/proj-laptop/monthly-updates/2026-04 or https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/blob/main/monthly-updates/2026-04.md Cross-post: https://redd.it/1tc70zr

FreeBSD: After the First Boot https://www.dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-after-install/ ping: https://framapiaf.org/@dwarmstrong@fosstodon.org/116530466697991937

Spun off from (Linux) Fedora Verified: Help Shape a New Way to Recognize Fedora Contributors | BSD Cafe Billboard FreeBSD Project https://framapiaf.org/@tubsta@bsdlab.au/116478621827645455 – redirects to https://social.bsdlab.au/notice/B5jMI1FY3WtTTWqvNA: Something the #FreeBSD core team could consider. This is something that has probably been needed for a while @dch@bsd.network My initial thoughts: it's an awful lot to think about for a project, or team (Core, for example), that already has, I think, too much to think about. Fedora Project From the Proposal: Unanswered Questions for the Fedora Community While we have a framework, there are several major questions we need the community to answer before we move forward. Specifically, we want to know: Validation: Should applicants be approved by grassroots peer vouches, or an elected committee? Fairness: Does this model truly value non-code contributions equally? Progression: How strictly structured should the path to becoming “Verified” be? Maintenance: Should the status expire after 12 months of inactivity? Of those four questions, the first two are huge. https://mastodon.social/@mxenbionix/116478348932821730: … I do have to echo some of the concerns people seem to be raising about being unclear to what this is actually solving. … Also, the commentary at and under https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/188603/3.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@allaboutsecurity/116516280099667572CHERI memory safety mitigates LLM-discovered vulnerability in FreeBSD – CHERI Alliance<https://cheri-alliance.org/cheri-memory-safety-mitigates-llm-discovered-vulnerability-in-freebsd/>＂… CHERI trivially blocks this attack and likely many others. As LLM-driven discovery accelerates, the case for memory safety by design becomes stronger.＂@freebsd #FreeBSD @FreeBSDFoundation

Install xteddy! And sl!

Why the Best Systems Are the Ones You Don't Notice FreeBSD, from philosophy to practice. https://vivianvoss.net/print/integrated-by-design From Integrated by Design — Launch Day (23rd April): … Five months of writing. Three weeks of final proofs. Then the last 72 hours, dedicated entirely to problems one does not anticipate. In the interest of transparency, and in the hope that it spares somebody else a week of the same, here are the four of them. … https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47928554 – please note the author's comments. Vivian Voss — System Architect & Software Developer https://www.linkedin.com/in/vvoss/ Also in Reddit: https://redd.it/1t1u1os

No response to https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2026/04/22/anthropic_mythos_hype_nothingburger/#c_5266893 after five days (and no correction to the article); that's disappointing. I'll respectfully request a correction. I refrained from sending an email, because @bigsneakyduck had already done so (mentioned in Reddit: "… I've tried reducing this to the bare minimum and sent an email to corrections at theregister dot com.").