<![CDATA[What is an obscure yet affordable device that I could get with the sole purpose of running #netbsd on it?]]>What is an obscure yet affordable device that I could get with the sole purpose of running on it?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/713e60ce-145f-461f-bc67-a7ab83b547b0/what-is-an-obscure-yet-affordable-device-that-i-could-get-with-the-sole-purpose-of-running-netbsd-on-itRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 23:33:54 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 08:19:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to What is an obscure yet affordable device that I could get with the sole purpose of running #netbsd on it? on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:53:57 GMT]]>@aru Nintendo Wii U

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/jmcneill/statuses/116408348689866637https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/jmcneill/statuses/116408348689866637Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:53:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What is an obscure yet affordable device that I could get with the sole purpose of running #netbsd on it? on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:58 GMT]]>@kaveman @aru

WiFi chips are a pain. I have an old Dell Latitude and the WiFi chip is not supported, and I tried. But it has ethernet plug and for 10$ USB WiFi (realtek) dongle, I get WiFi back.

However, getting XFCE4 desktop working misses edge hardware like, HDMI video works (so dual screen) but HDMI sound and mic. had troubles.

Installing GhostBSD (FreeBSD based) and everything works, except the onboard WiFi, but USB dongle does.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tilde.zone/users/sirwumpus/statuses/116408140353555466https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tilde.zone/users/sirwumpus/statuses/116408140353555466Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What is an obscure yet affordable device that I could get with the sole purpose of running #netbsd on it? on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:52:27 GMT]]>@aru not obscure but chromeboxes, with the mrchromebox.tech firmware, are perfect little netbsd boxes, especially the older generations. I have 2 (HP and ASUS) with an 8th gen i7 and everything works out of the box.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/kaveman/statuses/116407870907092647https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/kaveman/statuses/116407870907092647Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:52:27 GMT