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Raspberry Pi OS works, is supported. Why select and use GhostBSD-Arm64?

Raspberry Pi OS works, is supported.  Why select and use GhostBSD-Arm64?   Why would you choose to port FreeBSD (GhostBSD-Arm64) to the Raspberry Pi 4B?  Well I had experience installing & running PCBSD on a x86 laptop in June 2014.  Then I  went back to work and the next time I had time to install PCBSD was October, November 2016, yet there was no PCBSD available then.  Looking around I found https://GhostBSD.org/download and installed GhostBSD.  Networkmgr python app was not working for me.  So I studied about setting up wifi manual using google searches.  I will share forum posts related to that wifi learning experience. https://forums.ghostbsd.org/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=view&f=-1&p=162   Letter Note I wrote about my noob experience with GhostBSD in December 2016. Sorry, but when you are new, you don't have a procedure to follow or know the command names from the very beginning of your journey to knowledge.  Yet,...

Manual Start Wifi with a USB Dongle on Raspberry Pi 4B

Link to Groke post: https://x.com/i/grok/share/CUrXWVrQGq3wkfx5ABlSaua2m My Manual Wifi notes Note that the TP Link TL-WN823N rtl8192eu chip, has driver problems and does not connect with a Wifi Access Point using the wpa_supplicant program. The "ifconfig wlan0 up scan"  does work to view nearby access points. # edit 3 Files to add configuration lines into /boot/loader.conf /etc/rc.conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf # for the file  /boot/loader.conf # using Keyboard, change into the 'root' user, before editing.  on a stock FreeBSD snapshot the sudo command is not installed su - root_password #use the ee, nano,or vi editor to edit the file /boot/loader.conf #  pkg  install ee nano vi       ## CLI command to install 3 text editors` #  See an example of manually setting up Realtek RTL8188eu wifi chipset at  https://old-forums.ghostbsd.org   https://old-forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=526&sid=4ebd1daaa0dbba22e72a5c18c60...