I have decided to take down the old forum, as it was causing significant issues on the server. For the past few months, I had been trying to understand why the server's CPU and memory usage were consistently high. Yesterday, I discovered that the old forum was overloading MySQL, consuming excessive resources, and affecting the overall performance of our infrastructure.
Thank you to everyone who has donated in February. I appreciate your support. Last February, GhostBSD accumulated 1186.77 CAD. 436.04 CAD was from Patreon, and 722.30 CAD was from donations through PayPal.
So far this year, the total is 2345.11. There is 24654.89 left to accomplish our goal of 27000 CAD.
Thank you to everyone who has donated in January. I appreciate your support. Last January, GhostBSD accumulated 1158.34 CAD. 436.04 CAD was from Patreon, and 722.30 CAD was from donations through PayPal.
So far this year, the total is 1158.34. There is 25841.66 left to accomplish our goal of 27000 CAD.
We are excited to roll out GhostBSD 25.01-R14.2p1, our first release under a new versioning scheme and a commitment to rock-solid stability. After discussing with our contributors, we’ve moved from FreeBSD STABLE to FreeBSD RELEASE, building this version on 14.2-RELEASE-p1, the first patched update of FreeBSD 14.2. This shift, paired with a transparent naming format, promises a smoother, more predictable GhostBSD experience.
We open this report with heartfelt thanks to our donors, patrons, and sponsors—your unwavering support keeps GhostBSD alive and growing. Whether through a one-time donation, a Patreon pledge, or a sponsorship, every contribution fuels our mission to provide a reliable, desktop-focused FreeBSD experience.
GhostBSD is evolving, and we have some exciting changes ahead! After discussions with contributors and careful evaluation, we are making a major shift in how we build and release GhostBSD. The goal is to provide a more stable, efficient, and predictable experience for our users.
Starting with the next release, GhostBSD will be built on FreeBSD RELEASE instead of STABLE. The upcoming version will be based on FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASEp1.
This change brings several benefits:
The GhostBSD community forums have moved to a new home! After careful consideration, we’ve transitioned to Flarum, a modern and lightweight forum platform, to provide a better experience for our users. Here’s why we made the switch and what it means for you.
The decision to move away from our old forum platform, phpBB, wasn’t taken lightly. However, several challenges made it clear that a change was necessary:
We’re excited to announce the release of GhostBSD 24.10.1!
This release brings system updates from FreeBSD and better hardware compatibility with some old AMD Radeon and FirePro GPU. We resolved live session startup issues with Legacy BIOS and started to fix some issues with Update Station functionality. For a complete list of changes, check the changelog.
I am pleased to announce the release of GhostBSD 24.07.3!
This release fixes issues found in 24.07.1 and 24.07.2, bringing important enhancements, bug fixes, and new features. Key improvements include setting vital system and software packages, adding support to mark packages as vital, and including hgame in kld_list.
Notably, we resolved the legacy boot issue where the live session wouldn't start due to missing gzip in the BIOS /boot/loader. We’ve also ensured /etc/X11 is properly created during setup.
I am pleased to announce the release of GhostBSD 24.07.1!
I want to thank everyone who has helped and contributed, especially Eduardo, who has officially joined GhostBSD to learn and contribute to its development.
