Don't tar all \*nix with the same brush. Broadcom wifi and Nvidia graphics work fine on FreeBSD. OpenBSD makes particular tradeoffs; if you like them use it, if you don't, don't.
Unfortunately FreeBSD doesn't even have working sleep support, and hardly even a nod to power saving, whereas OpenBSD supports this automatically on all the laptops I've tested it with.
Makes no sense that the more niche, security focussed OpenBSD has the much better laptop support, until you consider that OpenBSD devs actually dogfood it on their laptops.
Many FreeBSD devs seem to run Macbooks for development, using FreeBSD only in a VM or via SSH.
Makes no sense that the more niche, security focussed OpenBSD has the much better laptop support, until you consider that OpenBSD devs actually dogfood it on their laptops.
Many FreeBSD devs seem to run Macbooks for development, using FreeBSD only in a VM or via SSH.