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Jun 16, 2026 · Fundamentals

FreeBSD 15.1 Released: Updated Wi‑Fi Drivers, Full C23 Support and More

FreeBSD 15.1 has been officially released after a two‑week delay, bringing updated user‑space packages, removal of OCI support, DTrace on PowerPC, configurable kernel scheduler, enhanced NVMe driver, Intel QuickAssist QAT 402xx support, OpenZFS updates, Linux‑based Wi‑Fi drivers, AMD64 LASS, full C23 language support, Unicode 17.0.0, and expanded architecture coverage, though KDE desktop installation is postponed to 15.2.