I am going to try installing FreeBSD on Friday. Throughout the week up until Friday, I am going to be reading the FreeBSD handbook.Bros, is it time to try out BSD? I feel it could be worth a try considering the way Linux is right now. Tell me some stuff about FreeBSD so I can know what to expect. And then on Friday or the day after Friday or some day I will come back with a thread telling all the anons how good or bad FreeBSD is. Who knows? I might daily drive it if it is good enough.
>>108479880freebsd is basically linux. openbsd is the only true bsd.
Dude, I gotta take a nasty shit. Hoping for a cabbage stinking "no wipe" bum cigar.
>>108479888I tried OpenBSD, but I couldn't even get past the install because I wasn't using Ethernet. So, since I wasn't using Ethernet and I don't even have an Ethernet port, OpenBSD wouldn't detect my Wi-Fi; therefore, I could not install.I tried to install FreeBSD, just as a test, and it seems to get the Wi-Fi right, but it does have a few problems that need to be worked out.
>>108479880cuck license
>>108479880openbsd is the best one to try>>108479949if that's a firmware thing (type ifconfig and see if the interface is there) just get the firmware on a usb or whatever and install iti'm like 90% sure you can do that in the install image but if not you can get the install image with the sets built in and then install the firmware after first bootif it's not a firmware thing buy a better wifi card or build an ethernet network because openbsd is still better
>>108479888>>108481247I don't doubt your opinion, but how is OpenBSD better? Is it because of the security or something? I thought FreeBSD was better suited for a modern desktop/daily use experience?
>>108479880It's fine on a desktop but it lacks laptop firmware.Use LXQt as the desktop environment.Use /dev/gptid/ in fstab to avoid nasty surprises.t. FreeBSD user
>>108481851Eh, that might not be good considering I am on a ThinkPad. I searched up my model, and I think everything works well except the Wi-Fi (on FreeBSD).I see someone tried OpenBSD on a ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 5:https://jcs.org/2017/09/01/thinkpad_x1cI might try reading up on OpenBSD instead of FreeBSD; the only way I will be able to install OpenBSD is if I fix the Wi-Fi so I can install it first, though. Thanks for the information.
What a coincidence. I've just installed fbsd on an old x220. Sound works, video works(required some manual configuration with modelines and i915 module), wireless works(out of the box). Had issues with booting from the usb stick so I had to find my cdrom drive. I had to disable uefi and boot from bios. I went with mate desktop for that bluecurve 2k nostalgia. So far It works just fine.
>>108482249Sleep-on-lid-close-works? How about battery life?Maybe FreeBSD has better support for older thinkpads than the X1 carbon.
>>108482262Just tested sleep on lid close. Works out of the box. As for the battery, I've got pop up notification that battery is probably damaged or old, so I can't help with that. Installer suggested me a workaround for issues with booting from gpt so it is aware of x220 shortcomings.
>>108481735most freebsd developers run it in vms or on specialized server hardware their employer sells. most openbsd developers run it on their desktops or laptops.guess which one works better on real hardware (you would be best off buying the same kind of computers they use unless you want to write a driver though)
