@pin Thanks for having taking the time to check things out!
I did not know that one could swap wifi chip, that's good news! It seems that we are living in the same country, so that should not cost me a fortune to find such a component 
In the mean time I can always use a trusty generic usb wifi adapter !
NetBSD - A little guide for newcomers
mrkrisprolls It seems that we are living in the same country
In that case... Have a look here
Tack så mycket !
Thanks a bunch!
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mrkrisprolls varsågod 
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snufkin There is a big chance that I will install NetBSD on my main laptop (Thinkpad x230)
I just read some of your posts and I wanted to say that I was in the same place you were 2 years ago. I found this forum and was immediately attracted to the excellent content and the friendly and helpful users. Especially @pin for his easy to follow install guide and his willingness answer questions and to help new users get into NetBSD. He helped me alot (still does).
I quoted the above text because I initially purchased an X230 for the purpose of installing NetBSD and I currently use Spectrwm. It's a great wm and easily configured. Good luck with it!
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Thanks @pin for writing this, it was a big help to me getting started on netbsd.
I've found net to be a good balance between free and open if that makes any sense.
Edit: Just to add, I'll be on here often looking for help lol
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Tried netbsd on my pc with nvidia it has very good performance i like that compared to openbsd performance(even with supported amd gpu) but i have some problems on my ryzen/vega laptop touchpad doesn't seem to work tried getting some help but they couldn't help me with this problem. On OpenBSD touchpad works out of the box.
Is ryzen vega gpu supported i mean can i watch youtube videos etc etc ?
Drm says its not configured. I have installed amdgpu xorg and triee to do x configure but it cant create config file because it says the number of screens are not the same as those detected.
If there is anyone that can help i would gladly have a second look on netbsd.
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chrisfromgreece Drm says its not configured.
amdgpu DRM is not enabled in the GENERIC kernel. Compile a new kernel with that enabled. (You may also have to disable all the radeon drivers. And maybe also copy the binary firmware blobs over from Linux.)
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bsduck Needed and needed...
pin When I installed NetBSD for the first time, I remember I'd to collect bits and pieces of information from different places, some of which were rather old and outdated. So, I've decided to write this stuff down and publish it here.
Honestly, this was among the bits and pieces. That said to have famd running you need rcpbind, from /usr/pkg/share/examples/rc.d/famd REQUIRE: DAEMON rcpbind.
If you don't need fam or to have access to NFS, than probably you won't need rcpbind either.
Other things from the bits and pieces that I have already removed were hal and avahi, which might be needed in some user cases as well.
I've now removed fam from my system and disabled rcpbind. If, I run into any issues what so ever, I'll report them back here.
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nia Thanks for the hint. The only use case I previously had for avahi was discovery of network printers when using cupsd. But, since I've basically stopped printing stuff and just save documents as pdf locally, I no longer have a need for avahi or, cups.
Maybe something to revisit if needed, thanks once again.
bsduck What are rpcbind and famd needed for? I've never had to enable them on other systems.
If memory serves me right, GNOME2 (for gnome-vfs) and KDE4 would pull FAM on NetBSD. Nowadays I doubt the daemon elicits any crucial function for anything in the package tree and is probably just a leftover.
JuvenalUrbino I think mateand xfcestill require hal, though.
lxqt is "clean" but, I no longer use full-fledged DEs.
gnome2 is dead and kde4 should probably be dead as well but, I won't bother with this sort of discussions anymore. Been there, done it