From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Mar 29 05:17:16 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82DD2AE1B1A for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:17:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D2671E8B for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:17:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from ::ffff:99.100.19.101 ([99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:17:14 -0700 Subject: Re: Recommended laptop for FreeBSD 10.2 Xfce workstation? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <56F84093.3030106@holgerdanske.com> <20160328131232.010ae86b@fujitsu> From: David Christensen Message-ID: <56FA0FCB.9070502@holgerdanske.com> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:16:59 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/38.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160328131232.010ae86b@fujitsu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:17:16 -0000 On 03/28/2016 03:12 AM, Aleksander Alekseev wrote: > Take a look on Fujitsu laptops, e.g. E733 (there are also many other > models like this one). These concrete model seems to satisfy your > requirements. Currently I'm running Ubuntu on it. But I don't see a > reason why there should be any problem with FreeBSD since hardware > seems to be compatible. Please post if/ when you install FreeBSD 10.2, Xfce, etc., on your Fujitsu. > Not sure regarding Wi-Fi though, but there are > cheap and very small USB adapters like TP-LINK TL-WN725N and Edimax > EW-7811Un that could solve this issue, see this list: > > https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html > > Anyway you can usually check a laptop before paying for it. Also > consider Apple laptops. > > Please note that you should use CURRENT branch use Intel GPUs at > maximum especially OpenGL capabilities. I'm looking for a laptop that runs FreeBSD 10.2 OOTB. > There is also sometimes tricky > to boot FreeBSD installer on todays laptops because of features like > Fast Startup and Secure Boot. Here are some hints that can help you > with that: https://goo.gl/7HAaDE > > Also I would like to recommend these articles: > > * https://unrelenting.technology/articles/freebsd-on-the-thinkpad-x240 I'm looking for a laptop that runs FreeBSD 10.2 OOTB. > * http://eax.me/freebsd-on-desktop-v2/ (use Google Translate) Maybe... David