> 9/10

> half of networking doesnt work, and it's the more important one for laptop(wifi)

I think they need to revise the scoring

fullstop 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It seems like the best way to get WiFi working in FreeBSD is to run Linux in bhyve and tunnel your connections through there.

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wolvoleo an hour ago | parent | next [-]

FreeBSD 15 has done a lot for WiFi apparently.

I'm not sure how good it is as I don't use wifi but it's supposed to be much better.

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whalesalad an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

the fact that this is a widely accepted/encouraged practice is genuinely unhinged

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mtlmtlmtlmtl an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Why? Nothing wrong with running your network interface in a VM. There are reasons for doing so even if drivers aren't an issue. Qubes OS does this, for instance, for security reasons.

	▲	wolvoleo 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Windows also does. Almost everything is a VM in windows these days. It's just how things work these days. If you'd say "I run my VPN client in a docker container" it would raise a lot less eyebrows. Yet it's not very different, really. Though conceptually I'd frown at having to run Linux. I'd prefer upgrading the hardware to a supported chip.

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skydhash an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Not really weird when some firmware are close to being full blown OS. An alpine VM can be run with 64 MB which is lower than a lot of software.

	▲	fullstop 21 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I've used cellular modems which run Linux or ThreadX internally.
	▲	Hasslequest 11 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		[dead]

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bluedino 34 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is there a cheap, common USB wifi dongle that works?

In the old days I kept a couple Realtek USB adapters around that would almost always work out of the box or with ndiswrapper

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sidkshatriya 25 minutes ago | parent [-]

No need to get a USB dongle. You can use PCI passthrough to a Linux VM that has the Wifi driver.

See my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704816

	▲	justin66 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That's insanely complicated compared to plugging in a USB dongle.

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cperciva an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I agree that 9/10 is a bit of a strange score there, but it's not all that bad: You can get a $15 wifi dongle and use that instead. It occupies a USB port and looks a bit ugly, but it's still a fairly easy workaround.

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whalesalad 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s fine bro you don’t need audio or suspend or Bluetooth or WiFi or multi touch. All you need is a serial cable and emacs to actually have a good computer experience. Please bro just try BSD. It has the ports system.