Steven Friedrich: > Linux routes sound from the audio driver to the video > driver causing sound to come out of the HDMI cable. > FreeBSD can't. This affects ALL i3, i5, i7, i9 systems. > FreeBSD can't even support x11 on my GMKtec K8 with Radeon > 780M graphics. Linux Mint does.
Sounds a tad ranty. I think the foremost thing to do in your case is to make your complaints into issues at: <https://wiki.freebsd.org/Bugzilla>