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FreeBSD Continues Working On 802.11n/802.11ac WiFi & Other Laptop Improvements


The FreeBSD Foundation paired with resources committed by AMD, Dell, and Framework are working to improve FreeBSD laptop support

A status update was issued yesterday for highlighting the latest FreeBSD laptops efforts. Yes, WiFi 7 is currently the latest but the FreeBSD wireless driver support has struggled behind for years. The FreeBSD laptop efforts also has seen ongoing work around better web camera support for laptops with development efforts continuing to integrate a UVC kernel driver into FreeBSD.

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