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Jan 4, 2023 at 23:38
Reading the beta 4 release notes for Haiku R1, it's striking how much work it is to support modern WiFi protocols: https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku/r1beta4/release-notes/ Previously, 802.11ac was only supported on Linux and OpenBSD! (Ignoring proprietary operating systems)
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R1/beta4 – Release Notes
R1/beta4 – Release Notes

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OpenBSD's pledge is intentionally designed to be simple and easy to add to projects. It's still more granular than I expected: there are several different network permissions, and even a separate permission for tape drives!
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