Hi Just more feedback on WiFi support, because my experience is a bit more promising than ykla's since I migrated to 14.3. I'm currently on an HP Elitebook 840 G3 from before the lockdown, still running FreeBSD14.3 + KDE (w/xorg) and things have improved a lot. I do see a minimally working WIFI widget, which allows me to connect to most networks. I have tested my home router (wifi6), LTE-router and mobile phone as access point. A notable exception is eduroam, where I'm still struggling... I'm waiting for FreeBSD 15 (or a GhostBSD with an installer that runs on 4Gbytes of RAM) to see if I can revive an Old macbook Air I could carry to the campus to find a recipe to get eduroam set up. (The HP is a bit heavy ;-) for this.)
Just my .2 cents, /PA PS: Keeping memory requirements low may bring in a couple new users who don't want/can't migrate to the "new OS", now that the "old OS" is being phased out ;-) On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 at 10:12, Alice Sowerby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi ykla, > > Sorry that it has taken so long to respond. I had an email filter incorrectly > set and missed your message. > > Thanks for the suggestion. The Foundation's laptop project's scope doesn't > currently include this functionality, but it's good to hear about what people > are looking for from the laptop experience as this can inform any future work > that the Foundation commissions. > > In the meantime, the best place to seek support for new laptop functionality > is to attend the Laptop and Desktop Working Group [1] where a list of > in-progress community and Foundation laptop work is being maintained, and new > items may be added. > > I hope this helps, > > Alice. > > [1] https://wiki.freebsd.org/LaptopDesktopWorkingGroup > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM ykla <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Currently, FreeBSD lacks proper support for tools such as >> NetworkManager, plasma-nm, and nmcli. This has caused a very serious >> impact on laptop and desktop users. Switching networks often requires >> many command-line steps to complete, which is inconvenient and >> unfriendly for daily use. >> >> At the moment, the only similar software available is >> net-mgmt/networkmgr, but unfortunately this tool is almost unusable. >> It has many bugs, and its maintenance is not active. >> >> I sincerely hope that in the future FreeBSD can have a tool similar to >> NetworkManager (with GUI integration such as plasma-nm and CLI tools >> like nmcli), which would significantly improve the user experience for >> laptop and desktop users. >> >> Thank you very much for your attention. >> ykla >> -- Fragen sind nicht da, um beantwortet zu werden, Fragen sind da um gestellt zu werden Georg Kreisler Sagen's Paradeiser, write BE! Year 1 of the New Koprocracy
