Post B5VqTuq3yhrpbN8K7k by nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
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(DIR) Post #B5V1Fa7b70kbdFk5nk by nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
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It seems NetBSD ports have tools that I need, and OpenBSD don't. And porting them is a major time sink; I've already spent 6+ hours on it. I mean, it is very fun, that's for sure. But maybe it'll be easier to fix my X11 on NetBSD, and accept that one of my USB ports is going to be taken by a WiFi dongle.
(DIR) Post #B5V1FaOc5kMUU1hgK8 by aperezdc@oldbytes.space
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@nina_kali_nina you could use NerBSD's pkgsrc on OpenBSD :blobupsidedown:
(DIR) Post #B5VqTuAEUEPHVdYuvI by elly@donotsta.re
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@nina_kali_nina replace the wifi card with USB port and plug usb wifi dongle in it's place /s
(DIR) Post #B5VqTuOPdVkWDcCF1c by nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
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@elly I'm not sure it would fit, this laptop is very smol
(DIR) Post #B5VqTue0hWE4zzUhKy by mirth@mastodon.sdf.org
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@nina_kali_nina @elly Is it worth replacing the WiFi card? Newer cards tend to perform better and I think use less power, I don't preemptively swap but enough of mine have failed that I've seen the difference even in pretty old laptops.
(DIR) Post #B5VqTuq3yhrpbN8K7k by nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
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@mirth @elly it might be, but finding the right one could be tricky.
(DIR) Post #B5VqTv2TEZnADqwESm by mirth@mastodon.sdf.org
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@nina_kali_nina @elly Possibly, many PC laptops can use just about any PCIe 2230 shaped card. Some have firmware restrictions on what they'll accept, but these things fail often enough that if so someone will already have complained on the internet. Intel AX210 cards should be pretty widely compatible even if the BSD drivers don't have support for the newest modes. Actually just ordered one for an old laptop here with failing WiFi.
(DIR) Post #B5VqTvFET804rQuQM4 by nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
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@mirth @elly no, I'm serious, finding the right WiFi card is difficult.
(DIR) Post #B5VqTvRHkJdpSoY38q by domi@donotsta.re
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@nina_kali_nina @elly oh! that’s an X131e! I didn’t know you went for that onei have a couple of them, really fun machine to coreboot.. if you need more space inside, a good trick is to remove the case from the 2.5” SATA SSD you’re (presumably) using; most SSDs only use half of the space for the PCB, so you can reclaim the rest for whatever shenanigans you want!i used this laptop as a daily driver for a while back in late 2023, but it was paaaaainfully slooooow. having multiple batteries was really nice however…
(DIR) Post #B5Vqj0CkJIZWaTw8n2 by nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
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@domi @elly that's an old photo from my pilot project; it's unfortunately too slow for regular rebuilding of the world, being a $50 Atom Chromebook... But it's quite alright in most aspects. I got myself an old Latitude that is supposed to fulfill all my computing needs, and that's still work in progress
(DIR) Post #B5VqkOGcKelhVOPRlQ by domi@donotsta.re
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@nina_kali_nina @elly ah! alright, nevermind then! :D
(DIR) Post #B5VqlMOqlB0M0IirvU by nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
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@domi @elly note that it's completely absolutely fully working with Linux, including all the exotic software I needed, and even FreeBSD would probably fulfill my needs. But I'm not looking for a simple solution for now, I'm looking for a political statement
(DIR) Post #B5Vqsqv9gKXwgrPDhQ by domi@donotsta.re
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@nina_kali_nina @elly yeah, i’ve been thinking about moving to BSD in places where I can for the same reasons. Can’t do it for servers (I keep them running through sheer willpower and experience, and it’ll fall apart if I attempt to redo it for with system that I’m not comfortable with) but locally.. why not
(DIR) Post #B5VrgJWO8O5paCPFOy by nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
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@domi what do you have on your servers that is difficult to migrate? Just asking
(DIR) Post #B5VrgJtmjOoAklLvs0 by domi@donotsta.re
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@nina_kali_nina it’s mostly about systems knowledge! I played with NetBSD a bit, with FreeBSD even less; I don’t know them very well, and they still tend to surprise me at every corner. It’s lots of fun to explore (reminds me of my early linux days) but a system I feel confident in this ain’t.meanwhile you can ask me about a linux thing and there’s a chance that over the last 17 years i’ve done it at least once. If not, I understand things around it enough to be efficient at ddg-ing the problem.(plus: I host a whole lot of shared infra for others, and I kinda want to limit the friction for them. see http://sakamoto.pl/ :3)
(DIR) Post #B5W4YHJZkmQfpIub8y by noisytoot@berkeley.edu.pl
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@nina_kali_nina @mirth @elly what's the wifi card in the top left? I've never seen that form factor before
(DIR) Post #B5W4YHY6sk3UYNiCnY by elly@donotsta.re
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@noisytoot @mirth @nina_kali_nina Form-factor looks like standard miniPCI, but pinout looks custom... probably removed from some ancient ISP-provided router/modem? I wouldn't stick that into a computer though
(DIR) Post #B5W4YHgyLn90zrrHc0 by domi@donotsta.re
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@elly @noisytoot @mirth @nina_kali_nina it’s just a normal miniPCI. I have a bunch of cards which look exactly like this, it was a common practice to remove pins that weren’t used (for some reason)the reverse side probably looks a bit less barren (most notably, AFAIR it needs to have one contact behind the key)
(DIR) Post #B5W4mqkkn7iRn5ZYNE by domi@donotsta.re
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@elly @mirth @nina_kali_nina @noisytoot btw i’ve seen a whole lot of routers with miniPCI slots and not one of them did anything custom with it, maybe beyond bringing the wifi status pin to an LED outside the case. some old linksys routers had literal PCMCIA cards inside (clabretro made a video about those), and they too, were just standard cards (albeit missing parts of the case
(DIR) Post #B5WklFfbNNLaZ55DhQ by elly@donotsta.re
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@domi @mirth @nina_kali_nina @noisytoot you're right, it's a Foxconn T60N871 (802.11g) from an Acer TravelMate 2700
(DIR) Post #B5WkpT1FgakN7oDhBI by nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
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@elly @noisytoot @domi @mirth hoooow! detective skills?
(DIR) Post #B5WkpTK2YjmA450hSy by domi@donotsta.re
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@nina_kali_nina @elly @noisytoot @mirth we at Do Not Stare pride ourselves in the weapons-grade autism
(DIR) Post #B5WlNJlYayNiGy1IdE by nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
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@domi @noisytoot @elly @mirth you could've just asked :D