Advanced users • Status of *BSD on RPi 5?

Hi all,

I would like to be able to run a BSD (likely either FreeBSD or OpenBSD) on my Raspberry Pi 5. This would be for general desktop use.

However, last time I tried to run BSD on this machine, all three of the main distributions were unsuitable:

• FreeBSD - I don't remember exactly, but I would hazard a guess at a boot or graphics failure.
  OpenBSD - Keyboard didn't work when booting install76.img or install76.iso (correct physical medium used in both cases)
  NetBSD - Unstable, and the fan was constantly on full blast

Now, it's been a year since I acquired the Pi, and months since I last tried BSD. So, before I wipe the mostly-working Gentoo setup I currently have, does anyone know if any of the BSDs are usable on the RPi 5?

Statistics: Posted by thunderstruck — Sat Jun 21, 2025 11:34 pm — Replies 0 — Views 38

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