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https://deviwiki.com/ Two caveats: You need an exact match between the OpenBSD driver and the device. For example, there are a number of rtl8188xx devices and OpenBSD only supports a few. Secondly, The manufacturers are notorious for changing chipsets. For example. Someone mentioned the EdiMax EW-7326Ig. There are 2 versions with 2 different realtek chipsets: https://deviwiki.com/wiki/Edimax_EW-7326Ig_v1 https://deviwiki.com/wiki/Edimax_EW-7326Ig_v2 One last comment about USB dongles vs internal mini pci-e cards: The internal cards have small jacks that attach to an internal antennae. The internal cards have significantly more range. Wif cards step down the send/receive speeds if signal strength is poor. Last edited by shep; 8th February 2024 at 05:54 PM. |
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the problem is, this type of technological exclusion results in a type of user's exclusion, because mostly (i truely include myself) users will never change their hardware for software. i like grapheneos, i will never buy a pixel anyway (just for it), i stay on lineage or postmarketos. in a way, i would largely understand that end-users, looking forward to use openbsd daily, would require to get wifi working, in addition of graphical support. Looks like in Unix world, except freebsd, hardware is a bit the deciding reason. I was on that forum that somebody adopted haiku due to lack of openbsd support for wifi cards (edit : most precisely : https://daemonforums.org/showthread....2333#post73775 ) i'd be curious about how many nerds interested in openbsd would give up using it because of wifi kind-of-segregation, where almost all others OS supports all hardware nowadays... for me, it's just a bit near a redflag for an OS choice. And im far of being glad to say that ![]() Quote:
how users could difference if bad wifi is either due to their software, their own wifi card, the wifi hotspot, or even the presence of other's devices using wifi? Last edited by hd77; 22nd February 2024 at 05:49 PM. |
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I think it is helpful to remember that OpenBSD is a research operating system developed by volunteers. The financial backing is in no way comparable to other projects like Linux (or MS Windows for that matter). This explains why they cannot support every piece of hardware especially ones undocumented by the manufacturer.
The OpenBSD Foundation received around $500k in donations for 2023[1] whereas the Linux Foundation received $262.6 million[2]. [1] : https://www.openbsdfoundation.org/campaign2023.html [2] : https://www.linuxfoundation.org/hubf....pdf?hsLang=en |
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imho i see only disadvantages to use a USB wifi dongle : -antenna is .... -it takes and USB port permanently, not nice for 2 USB ports laptops (that i have) -the usb port makes it, i guess, slower.. -it can be removed and lost.. well, a decade ago I would totally agree. now, regarding this : https://douglasrumbaugh.com/post/openbsd-thinkpad/ https://jcs.org/openbsd-laptops https://www.tumfatig.net/2019/an-ope...g-windowmaker/ and especially this : https://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdca...bsd-laptop.pdf makes me thing openbsd definitely leaves the only-research status to get a more general-public-welcomed operating system (it's my thought) Quote:
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on several opensource projects, eg for alternative operating system than android-based, it happens that we organize to see how the phone reacts, even by controling it by a dedicated-pc remotely used by the skilled developer (that i am not) i dont see the matter to have a "temporarly" openbsd installation remotely accessible to help on that.. internet networks works great, better than a decade ago, why not using it? |
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For "remote help" there is always OpenSSH available to you and your "remote helper." But that doesn't work well for hardware driver development, where physical access is needed.
Nor does it help with your social issue: the OpenBSD Project isn't run by its users. You and I cannot tell the Project what to do. Or, tell the Project what we want. Instead, the OpenBSD Project is run by its developers, for its developers. We users can come along for the ride if we want. If a user wants specific hardware supported, that user either finds an interested developer and provides them with test hardware, or that user develops the support themselves and provides the resulting software patches to the Project for consideration. |
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Or just tether your phone. Works fine for me on a laptop where OpenBSD doesn't support its wifi (Atheros AR9565).
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You've also being posting similar nonsense at the linuxquestions.org site. You seem to post a lot of speculative stuff, then when you're duly corrected and informed, you simply ignore that and repeat the same baseless speculation over and over again. It seems to me that it's gotten to the stage where you're just trolling. Just stop all the drama and use your top favourite OS which supports all your hardware. Last edited by blackhole; 29th February 2024 at 10:30 AM. |
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