FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE Now Available
The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team has announced FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE, the sixth release of the stable/14 branch. Focused on maintenance, it brings bug fixes, driver updates, and refreshed third-party software rather than new features. Available for amd64, i386, arm64, and more, it can be installed via ISO, USB, or network. Pre-built VM images and cloud images for AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure are also provided. Support continues until June 30, 2027.
Since this release is occurring late in a legacy stable branch, there are few new features; rather, the focus is primarily on maintenance.
- hotsalad
The latest release of FreeBSD with i386 images. The 14.x branch is the last to support the platform.
- throw0101a
The 14.x branch has an expected end of life (EOL) of November 2028:
- justin66
Oh, sweet mystery of FreeBSD versioning. 15.1-Release already came out.
(Yes. I know.)