FreeBSD on the Framework Laptop

No go on the QCNFA335, it’s the normal M2 not the thin NGFF :confused: I think the two best supported at the moment will be: Intel with the VM pass through LinuxPKI driver (AX210 for example) or the Atheros AR9462 once they figure why the device is giving timeouts.

I have a FW16, so it maybe different than the FW13 for the card function. However, others have reported similar results on the AR9462 with this Bug 283293

I’m on the wireless and desktop FreeBSD mailing lists, and active development is going on and testing. I suspect end of Q1-2025 the Intel NGFF cards will likely have much better support.

The Intel AX210 is “stable” I haven’t crashed the box. The connection will drop at times, but a restart of netif will usually resolve it. No kernel panics. Just slow for any real data-copies, been okay with web/youtube though.

As for BlueTooth, if you’re interested in just sound I have a Sennheiser Consumer Audio BTD 600 Bluetooth® Dongle (smallest USB wart I could find) and referenced this article: FreeBSD Forums - Using Bluetooth audio devices (speaker, headphones, earbuds) with FreeBSD

That’s worked well for my Aftershox headphones as my bluetooth speaker I use.

We’re getting there! The FW13 should speed up though with the FreeBSD Foundation making it top laptop to get support on.

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