From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Mar 30 07:01:46 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 C3026AE23CD for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 07:01:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmatalka@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22d.google.com (mail-wm0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 57AFF1062 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 07:01:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmatalka@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id r72so85694768wmg.0 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:01:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=90gBu5VcjuXwQWtC85mgWsAQmtDyPZwvH+BOeuA5MqE=; b=Dy1RF21kBPt3xdfNX6yAH5jrPaS8FitsWuTYhal8YgxDhpXpGATNJ4qUOtXhl6ocPG HnVF93aqZMk6+dT6QK5quKHREx5w7n0m8jKF/1g8m3QRhvYN9GfZBVYNWMP6nCDmSCtY uUhflgyv+2RH416bZd7xBD9roaXOBPrmrp3ZNzochdsqVkcbS28LRcCLX4G4GS+AAjPJ CtGFzF7VK1BdO/C3rkzNNeRccxrSHH31S/UZYM1WxlMB9MhzLY5HLcPxUQO4uKXsPyFi a+oIZGMuNedmNS6EHI1pNXS7qErGybQ0lUFsNDDfQx9nRdKDm1+4wSZ1oO5RGl2Fwg9f 5Pkw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=90gBu5VcjuXwQWtC85mgWsAQmtDyPZwvH+BOeuA5MqE=; b=gucUgTZZb6HEUmP88GQXXzCVBnSj5ipzJD2FdevG+S0G0GlpTC2z6ernA1W38Rz8h7 FaSl3Ufn8XAzjxHt7D08HltC4V+QKBGSgMSqOBzBD3b/EZNePsMSO9aIUuKo7WEG6sEu mvwWMrlZY9Q15b9nTghufG6DzfYdKEdZUnhJPdpjZTAv8jaVzza3Wz+EEyAECcMXcsTJ PS2t9hN0r5D+DJGemIUEIrOCMN/iUG962S5Ie7sLGu+fkNZEdP9t/9a85dWwdqJQddq2 3ljwa8lRZNbkWoLQq+fnFJpJbuvr/hMOC4Xr9YTvx2m9rZf9p/KIAkF9yQQXQQVC3aCJ 12zA== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJLOLI1P063DJFhDMgbXLkqf4j2PBZgRkccHPCJze9vy8Uqo/tdmZknQso3epP3mTw== X-Received: by 10.194.103.227 with SMTP id fz3mr7259449wjb.43.1459321304962; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:01:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([37.153.108.22]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id lz5sm2335901wjb.5.2016.03.30.00.01.44 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:01:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Malcolm Matalka To: David Christensen Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended laptop for FreeBSD 10.2 Xfce workstation? References: <56FB5230.2070703@holgerdanske.com> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 07:01:42 +0000 In-Reply-To: <56FB5230.2070703@holgerdanske.com> (David Christensen's message of "Tue, 29 Mar 2016 21:12:32 -0700") Message-ID: <86io0478kp.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 07:01:46 -0000 David Christensen writes: > freebsd-questions: > > Thank you for the replies so far. :-) > > > Is there such a thing as a "reference laptop" that FreeBSD is developed and validated against? > > > Failing that, I'm going to lower the bar and ask if there are *any* laptops that meet my basic needs OOTB: > > I'm looking for a new or used laptop that is known to work > correctly with FreeBSD 10.2, Xfce, Firefox, Thunderbird, (whatever > free) Office, etc., plus encryption and virtualization. > It's probably worth checking in with the PC-BSD community, they are much more desktop/laptop oriented. Also, the PC-BSD install image apparently has a mode where you can check a system for how well supported it is in FreeBSD, so if you can go to a physical stop and boot up with a USB drive you can see if it meets your needs. > > David > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"