FreeBSD 10.2 Images Are Now Available For VirtualBox and VMware

FreeBSD project released the newer version of their operating system FreeBSD 10.2, some major improvements in this release are ZFS and new version of KDE and Gnome desktops and many more: “This is the third release of the stable/10 branch, which improves on the stability of FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights: The resolvconf utility has been updated to version 3.7.0, with improvements to protect DNS privacy. The ntp suite has been updated to version 4.2.8p3. A new rc script, growfs, has been added, which will resize the root file system on boot if the /firstboot file exists. The Linux compatibility version has been updated to support CentOS 6 ports. The DRM code has been updated to match Linux version 3.8.13, allowing running multiple X servers simultaneously. Several enhancements and updates for improved FreeBSD/ARM support. Several ZFS performance and reliability improvements. GNOME has been updated to version 3.14.2. KDE has been updated to version 4.14.3. And much more…” Checkout release notes and release announcement of FreeBSD 10.2.

Unlike last time we have installed KDE desktop in FreeBSD 10.2 for VirtualBox and there is no GUI desktop available for VMware versions, in case somebody want to use CLI only. We are providing you virtual images for latest version of FreeBSD 10.2 for VirtualBox and VMware.

You can download VDI and VMDK images for VirtualBox & VMware from here.