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by uxp 5680 days ago
I run FreeBSD CURRENT on my MacBook Pro with a light tiling window manager. It is not as featured as Linux but it does run decently. Wireless configuration is done through editing wpa_supplicant.conf and restarting netif, suspend/resume don't work correctly, I haven't yet configured my audio to switch output from either the headphones or the speakers without having to edit /boot/device.hints and restarting, and a handful other things, for example. On the other hand, 9.0-CURRENT has included many new drivers for things like the Apple touchpad (atp(4)). Support for desktop use is slow, but it isn't ignored.

I would highly recommend you scrutinize your hardware compatibility before committing to an install on a desktop or laptop system.

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FYI, OpenBSD -current wireless works like this:

    ifconfig ral0 nwid my_router wpakey my_password
No wpa_supplicant!