Keep track of FreeBSD's efforts to extend Laptop support*

Maybe you can even help

https://github.com/orgs/FreeBSDFoundation/projects/1/views/4

Jailfox - Firefox in a Freebsd Jail

repo: https://github.com/NapoleonWils0n/jailfox

source: yt

The 2025 FreeBSD Community Survey is Here

The survey will remain open until May 7, 2025, so we ask for your prompt participation. It should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Thank you for your help!

src: https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/the-2025-freebsd-community-survey-is-here/
direct survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/freebsdsurvey25

kld-rootkit
A collection of FreeBSD 14.2 rootkit kernel modules and utilities

src: https://github.com/mrg0ne/kld-rootkit

UPD: > It is a collection of kernel modules and utilities derived from the examples in Joseph Kong's excellent book DESIGNING BSD ROOTKITS (2007)

OpenZFS Cheat Sheet

src: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/blog/tree/main/openzfs-cheat-sheet

How to unlock high speed Wi-Fi on FreeBSD 14

Next month, #FreeBSD 14.3 is due to drop, and with it will come the recent hard work to give laptop users a modern, high speed, Wi-Fi experience.

source (yt)

FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE 🥳
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.3R/relnotes/

Recognized since 2017, FreeBSD Day celebrates the innovation and community behind the FreeBSD open-source operating system.
Join the celebration and explore how FreeBSD is shaping the future.

https://freebsdfoundation.org/freebsd-day/

https://github.com/b-aaz/xlibre-ports

Porting X11Libre to FreeBSD

An effort for porting X11libre to FreeBSD. (https://t.me/x11dev for dev discussions)

After cloning, you can use the OVERLAY option in the /etc/make.conf to overlay this folder to your main tree. Use a jail for testing, so that your packages won't get messed up.

https://github.com/cbsd/microbhyve

This article describes how to generate a minimalistic image of the FreeBSD OS (architecture: amd64) for the bhyve virtual machine using the jail2iso script of the CBSD project as an example. As a result of these works, we get a 12MB distribution kit and a working network stack with the ability to remotely access via SSH, as well as a set of elementary Unix utilities. The consumption of RAM by such an installation in multi-user mode does not exceed 80MB

https://github.com/pavetheway91/tarbsd

tarBSD is a minimal (well, depends on chosen features and packages) FreeBSD image that boots to memory. Most of it is stored in a tar archive mounted at /usr. tarBSD is not a distribution unto itself. Instead, this repository gives you a tool to build your own version of it.

FreeBSD 15.0 Aims To Have A KDE Desktop Install Option

"For FreeBSD 15.0, our goal is to extend the FreeBSD installer to offer a minimal KDE-based desktop as an install option. The initial concept is a low-interaction installation process that, upon completion, brings the user directly to a KDE graphical login screen.

We are currently evaluating the required pkg dependencies to automatically select appropriate graphics drivers."

read more at:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15-KDE-Install-Plan
https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/blob/main/monthly-updates/2025-06.md#kde-desktop-installer-option
https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/25
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-desktop/2025-March/005621.html

https://github.com/freebsd/atf

ATF, or Automated Testing Framework, is a collection of libraries to write test programs in C, C++ and POSIX shell.

The ATF libraries offer a simple API. The API is orthogonal through the various bindings, allowing developers to quickly learn how to write test programs in different languages.

ATF-based test programs offer a consistent end-user command-line interface to allow both humans and automation to run the tests.

Sleep on FreeBSD: A bedtime story about S0ix

One of the main things still missing in FreeBSD for it to be usable on modern laptops is the ability to go to sleep. In the past, this was done using ACPI S3, but newer laptops have removed this in favour of S0ix, leaving FreeBSD without support for suspend on those machines.

This talk aims to get the casual user familiar enough with the terms and concepts behind power management, such that they can understand what's going on, what's already possible, what can be done, and be able to narrow down power management issues they might encounter.

A packet's journey through pf By Kristof Provost

A walkthrough of a packet's journey through (FreeBSD's) pf, concentrating on the big picture and its implications.

We'll cover when packets are inspected, when rules are evaluated and how states are used. Along the way we'll cover what DTrace probes can show us, what some of pfctl's counters mean and just how many times pf can look at a single packet.

This talk is intended for firewall admins looking for a deeper understanding and aspiring pf developers. It is not a "How to use pf" talk.

https://fosdem.org/2025/events/attachments/fosdem-2025-4306-a-packet-s-journey-through-pf/slides/238212/presentat_GzZfyhT.pdf

Linux Adding Detection For BSD's Bhyve Hypervisor

Read more at:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=215596ddc33f20945e8d1188a7e682831f0ef050

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Bhyve-Detection

VCF East: UNIX: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan

Brian Kernighan talks about the history of UNIX and promotes his 2019 book.

Kernighan shared his thoughts on what he thinks of the world today — with its push away from C to more memory-safe programming languages, its hundreds of distributions of Linux — and with descendants of Unix powering nearly every cellphone.
written article: https://thenewstack.io/unix-co-creator-brian-kernighan-on-rust-distros-and-nixos/

video source: yt

Build Secure FreeBSD Containers in 5 Minutes

Enter jails. The lightweight answer to containerisation, that’s been around for a long time before Docker became trendy.

https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-jails-are-simple-and-easy/