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I am happy to announce the release of GhostBSD 26.3.R15.1p6! This is a bug fix release on top of 26.2, still based on FreeBSD 15.1 p6. Its main purpose is to fix the leftover NVIDIA repository files on fresh installs, along with a few other fixes.

New Version Format

Starting with this release, the GhostBSD version is separated from the FreeBSD version by a dot instead of a dash: 26.3.R15.1p6 instead of 26.3-R15.1p6. With the dash, pkg did not take the GhostBSD release number into account when comparing versions.

If you did a fresh install of GhostBSD 26.2 (MATE or Xfce), you need to make a small manual fix.

What happened

Thank you to everyone who donated in October. Your support keeps GhostBSD running and growing.

In October 2026, GhostBSD received 1,436.20 CAD in donations: 544.20 CAD from Patreon (385.00 USD) and 892.00 CAD from PayPal.

Compared to September 2026 (1,209.26 CAD), this is an increase of +226.94 CAD (+18.8%). Compared to October 2025 (887.19 CAD), this is an increase of +549.01 CAD (+61.9%).

I am happy to announce the release of GhostBSD 26.2-R15.1p6! This release is based on FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE and brings a new installer, full disk encryption in the installer, a smaller ISO, and many fixes across GhostBSD tools. For details on FreeBSD 15.1 enhancements, see the FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE notes.

GhostBSD 26.2-R15.1p6 is coming soon. Before upgrading, please update Update Station first:

sudo pkg upgrade update-station

Then reboot before running the upgrade with Update Station.

This new version fixes issues found while testing boot environment upgrades. Without it, the upgrade could fail or leave the system with a blank screen after reboot.

Note that before upgrading, Update Station now removes the ports and GhostBSD-src packages after asking you to confirm. Reinstall them after the upgrade if you need them.

Thank you to everyone who donated in September. Your support keeps GhostBSD running and growing.

In September 2026, GhostBSD received 1,209.26 CAD in donations: 533.10 CAD from Patreon (381.82 USD) and 676.16 CAD from PayPal.

Compared to August 2026 (1,107.25 CAD), this is an increase of +102.01 CAD (+9.2%). Compared to September 2025 (1,101.38 CAD), this is an increase of +107.88 CAD (+9.8%).

Thank you to everyone who donated in August. Your support keeps GhostBSD running and growing.

In August 2026, GhostBSD received 1,107.25 CAD in donations: 513.25 CAD from Patreon (369.30 USD) and 594.00 CAD from PayPal.

Thank you to everyone who donated in July. Your support keeps GhostBSD running and growing.

In July 2026, GhostBSD received 1,213.52 CAD in donations: 520.52 CAD from Patreon (368.98 USD) and 693.00 CAD from PayPal.

Compared to June 2026 (1,316.15 CAD), this is a decrease of -102.63 CAD (-7.8%). Compared to July 2025 (1,030.72 CAD), this is an increase of +182.80 CAD (+17.7%).

Thank you to everyone who donated in June. Your support keeps GhostBSD running and growing.

In June 2026, GhostBSD received 1,316.15 CAD in donations: 533.15 CAD from Patreon (379.74 USD) and 783.00 CAD from PayPal.

Compared to May 2026 (1,137.81 CAD), this is an increase of +178.34 CAD (+15.7%). Compared to June 2025 (1,093.00 CAD), this is an increase of +223.15 CAD (+20.4%).

Thank you to everyone who donated in May. Your support keeps GhostBSD running and growing.

In May 2026, GhostBSD received 1,137.81 CAD in donations: 476.81 CAD from Patreon (347.45 USD) and 661.00 CAD from PayPal.