--- title: "FreeBSD 15.2 Will Aim For The Nice KDE Desktop Installation Experience" url: https://daily.dev/posts/freebsd-15-2-will-aim-for-the-nice-kde-desktop-installation-experience-upi7pehc6 source_url: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.2-KDE-Desktop type: article source: "Phoronix" published: 2026-05-12T21:34:12.650Z updated: 2026-05-12T21:36:06.061Z tags: ["open-source", "linux"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # FreeBSD 15.2 Will Aim For The Nice KDE Desktop Installation Experience **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The KDE desktop installation option for FreeBSD, originally planned for version 15.0 and then delayed to 15.1, has been pushed back again to FreeBSD 15.2. The delay is due to the need to update the installation script for new NVIDIA drivers, remove obsolete parts, and complete a testing period in CURRENT before merging into STABLE. FreeBSD 15.2-RELEASE is expected in December. In the meantime, users can install KDE Plasma manually via pkg post-install. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [FreeBSD 15.1 Aims To Have KDE Desktop Installer Option](https://daily.dev/posts/freebsd-15-1-aims-to-have-kde-desktop-installer-option-w4dqujfky) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [FreeBSD 15.1 On Track With Better Realtek WiFi & KDE Desktop Install Option](https://daily.dev/posts/freebsd-15-1-on-track-with-better-realtek-wifi-kde-desktop-install-option-zq1cxdqlv) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [FreeBSD's KDE Desktop Install Option Ready For Testing](https://daily.dev/posts/freebsd-s-kde-desktop-install-option-ready-for-testing-evccru0bv) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [FreeBSD Desktop Installer Option Working Through NVIDIA Driver Handling, Licensing](https://daily.dev/posts/freebsd-desktop-installer-option-working-through-nvidia-driver-handling-licensing-a5us4xv5c) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [FreeBSD 15.1 Beta Released For Early Testing](https://daily.dev/posts/freebsd-15-1-beta-released-for-early-testing-ezv17ohz5) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/freebsd-15-2-will-aim-for-the-nice-kde-desktop-installation-experience-upi7pehc6)