Comment on NetBSD 6.1 is RelasedparentComments−sliverstorm13yTo my knowledge, you can safely assume all BSD variants run behind Linux in terms of driver support for new hardware.−kev00913yPathologically, older SPARC and SGI MIPS boxes are probably a lot better off on OpenBSD where they are actively developed for and tested. Linux casts a wide net but has a lot of bit rot in the dark corners of it's hardware support.
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To my knowledge, you can safely assume all BSD variants run behind Linux in terms of driver support for new hardware.
Pathologically, older SPARC and SGI MIPS boxes are probably a lot better off on OpenBSD where they are actively developed for and tested. Linux casts a wide net but has a lot of bit rot in the dark corners of it's hardware support.