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> Last time I tried (open)BSD Sorry, but OpenBSD and FreeBSD are very different operating systems, it's not just "different distros" like in the Linux world W
by 0ld 6y ago
> Last time I tried (open)BSD
Sorry, but OpenBSD and FreeBSD are very different operating systems, it's not just "different distros" like in the Linux world
Whatever you tried in OpenBSD has most likely no relation to FreeBSD
Speaking of the things you mentioned, I personally would expect suspend/resume to just work out of the box in the latest OpenBSD, but not necessary in FreeBSD (it was never a priority for the developers).
You also don't need wpa_supplicant in OpenBSD (unlike FreeBSD), ifconfig should be enough in most cases.
For the battery life, you certainly gonna need some tuning, as it's not a config priority by default, but generally (on mainstream hardware) you should be able to reach at least 80%-sh battery life comparing to Linux in OpenBSD, and comparable to Linux in FreeBSD
- na85 6y ago>For the battery life, you certainly gonna need some tuning, as it's not a config priority by default, but generally (on mainstream hardware) you should be able to reach at least 80%-sh battery life comparing to Linux in OpenBSD, and comparable to Linux in FreeBSD Yeah, see, that's unacceptable to me in a laptop. I have a small pcengines apu2 running openbsd but I don't enjoy tinkering with it. I find it cumbersome and unwieldy. The documentation seems to be mostly "complete" but it's definitely geared at someone who already has an in-depth understanding of openbsd, and lots of fundamentals are left unsaid, which makes it difficult to learn what the "proper" way to do something is. I end up with a patchwork of hacks and it's very unsatisfying. It took me quite a long time to figure out how to get wireguard working on that box, for instance, whereas on linux and mac it "just works" pretty much out of the box.
- loeg 6y ago> Yeah, see, that's unacceptable to me in a laptop. I think you missed the last clause here: > > comparable to Linux in FreeBSD
- na85 6y agoNo, I didn't. Linux battery life is pretty darn close to windows on my hardware, out of the box. Getting freebsd to the level of Linux only after significant tinkering just isn't a good ux. For my personal machine that's unacceptable.
- 2trill2spill 6y agoYou said above you were using OpenBSD not FreeBSD, they are completely different operating systems. Also getting the battery to last long on FreeBSD was a super simple config change, that took less than a minute to do.
- anthk 6y ago>and lots of fundamentals are left unsaid, which makes it difficult to learn what the "proper" way to do something is man afterboot
- trasz 6y agoSuspend/resume is definitely a priority for everyone who uses FreeBSD on their laptop, which is - judging by various FreeBSD conferences - increasingly popular. Editing wpa_supplicant.conf is rather user-unfriendly, but it's literally a four line copy/paste followed by adjusting two lines of config file; I suppose nobody could be bothered.
- toast0 6y agoDo you need to edit wpa_supplicant.conf ? I recall just doing ifconfig ssid XXXX pass YYYY for wpa?
- trasz 6y agoI'm not sure; I edit wpa_supplicant.conf, because I want the change to be persistant across reboots. Nothing like doing kernel development directly on your laptop; keeps you focused ;-)
- anthk 6y ago/etc/hostname.if under OpenBSD lladr random join foo wpakey bar dhcp inet6 autoconf
- agapon 6y agoMaybe that was for WEP? Pretty sure that wpa_supplicant is needed for WPA.