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FreeBSD 6.0 to Target Wireless Devices

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the and-now-for-the-wireless-toaster dept.

BSDForums writes "FreeBSD is hoping to move beyond the server and desktop market by providing expanded wireless support. FreeBSD developer Scott Long said that 'one of the primary reasons for improving wireless support is to give companies the tools to put FreeBSD into their wireless devices. The guy at FreeBSD who is adding wireless support is under contract from wireless companies to do the work.'"

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  1. Wireless... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Schmireless.

  2. sorry freebsd, you are too late by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: -1, Troll

    openbsd has cornered this market

    while your developers have been busy hiring themselves out in the name of furthering freebsd's development, openbsd has already cornered wireless development

    hardware raid management? scott long and freebsd's answer is to import unfree, binary tools to do it. openbsd's answer is the free and open bioctl(8)

    wireless support? phk@ runs off saying what openbsd does is illegal yada yada yada, and yet, freebsd encourages people to use project evil and ndiswrapper. instead, openbsd courts hardware manufacturers, gets the docs, and creates free drivers

    sorry freebsd, you've lost

    --
    vodka, straight up, thank you!
    1. Re:sorry freebsd, you are too late by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
      We should also mention the fact that OpenBSD is clean and rock solid.

      In contrast, FreeBSD has become a bloated patched-up spaghetti code clunker.

      It's your choice.

  3. Its a Nice start but.... by blinksilver · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well most the computers that use wireless are laptops (not that desktops don't, just laptop take most the market) and this is a large step im make BSD a good solution for laptops, but The OS is still lacking (last time i check) in many part that are more vital to laptops. For example, when I tried 5.3 (or was it .4) there was no support for my battery, my AMD CPU did not go down from full speed and there was no ACPI, standby or hiberantion. Now I heard they put in something that allow Pentium M to lower CPU speeds (not sure if the voltage changes, if it does not that would take away alot from the point of change the cpu speed). I an very greatful for all the work of the freebsd team, but it just seems to me that they are saying "we finished the front door, now all we have to do is build the house that goes around it."