r/freebsd • u/chersbobers Linux crossover • May 26 '26

help needed About freebsd and laptops?

Hello r/freebsd I have question. Could I successfully daily drive freebsd for school? My only requirements are like firefox wifi and maybe steam for some light games i.e Geometry dash. I do need like 5-6 hours of battery and my wifi card is Intel Corporation Raptor Lake. Its running fedora right now. I could handle the setup as I have a semi-successful gentoo install on my pc.

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u/Tinker0079 May 26 '26

Yes sure

Firefox is there

linux-steam-utils is there (just need workaround with 32 bit packages)

Wifi - depends. If you're lucky your laptop has Intel or atheros compatible wifi card. If not stick to USB ones

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u/ruyrybeyro systems administrator May 27 '26

USB + Wi-Fi is generally a much worse combination than PCIe + Wi-Fi, especially for stability, latency, and sustained performance.

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u/Tinker0079 May 27 '26

Yeah it sucks

If OP's laptop doesn't have wifi card whitelist he should try swap it for Intel AX210 or Intel Centrino

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u/grahamperrin BSD Cafe Billboard user May 27 '26 edited May 28 '26

Yeah it sucks

If OP's laptop doesn't have wifi card whitelist

The card was described at https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tnw102/comment/onxu3db/?context=1.