FreeBSD Closes the Laptop Gap: Year One Project Update

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"2026 plans: The project continues into 2026 with a similar sized investment and scope. Key targets include completing work on sleep states (modern standby and hibernate), adding support for graphics drivers up to Linux 6.18, Wi-Fi 6 support, USB4 and Thunderbolt support, HDMI improvements, UVC webcam support, and Bluetooth improvements."

FreeBSD Closes the Laptop Gap: Year One Project Update | FreeBSD Foundation

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to try FreeBSD on a laptop, take note - 2025 has brought transformative changes. The Foundation's ambitious Laptop Support & Usability Project is systematically addressing the gaps that have held FreeBSD back on modern laptop hardware. The project...
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Anyone have information on Bluetooth updates, specifically AX210. Thanks.
 
If you're talking about the FreeBSD Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Project then then they use issue 44 ("Improve Bluetooth management/usability") to track their Bluetooth work: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/44

You may be pleased to know they En-Wei Wu is working on AX210 support. Or you may be disappointed by the fact it hasn't landed yet :-)

You might also be interested in the previous issue and the work done there by Bjoern A. Zeeb, https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/43
 
ko56 said:
Thanks. It looks like there was some further progress after the announcement to delay. So would switching to STABLE be any help?
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Well, stuff that will go into 15.2 will eventually land in stable before 15.2. But not everything that goes into current (i.e. 16) is merged into stable. For this I'm guessing it will land on stable soonish.
An example is https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/58#issuecomment-4551995379, where it landed on stable but missed 15.1.
 
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