From owner-freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Sun Dec 10 15:26:16 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@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 7BEF5E8ECCF for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:26:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from bouvier.getmail.no (bouvier.getmail.no [84.210.184.8]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2CDE57478D for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:26:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bouvier.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 110D0406CD for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:18:38 +0100 (CET) Received: from bouvier.getmail.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bouvier.get.c.bitbit.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id cgiFpiZXfQxh for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:18:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bouvier.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF0C240C5B for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:18:36 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.9.2 bouvier.getmail.no BF0C240C5B DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=getmail.no; s=8A9C8B4C-D727-11E2-8095-B6466E6B3FA2; t=1512919116; bh=TTYxA29HKANXPoqVZ+EqO9rU0i4ZDu0wZG8xUJKihPk=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Mime-Version:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=bqiRh89padKK6ZfX05hyKlcUbZ1uH6jzH6giiNolRDkOoE3PNLN7WjQklJCJCJj8X kxYfk84aWGCg4M+66wPbr5Z53Q2xlRGkyFG7rLviGGXS9d5W5OvDTRdhnKKa3M1iCY Ij9CZT+h4dhM55WG0j8ksmSZWkQZ6CXCt6sPaMGE= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bouvier.get.c.bitbit.net Received: from bouvier.getmail.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bouvier.get.c.bitbit.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id 7gliyBldkUov for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:18:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-core1.kg4.no (cm-84.209.39.108.getinternet.no [84.209.39.108]) by bouvier.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95C75406CD for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:18:36 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:18:36 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dell hardware for FreeBSD Message-Id: <20171210161836.3df0801184f7f1452cd20d3e@getmail.no> In-Reply-To: <011B9ECF-C9B1-4B6A-A503-E160D3F4279F@icloud.com> References: <011B9ECF-C9B1-4B6A-A503-E160D3F4279F@icloud.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.6.0 (GTK+ 2.24.31; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:26:16 -0000 On Sat, 09 Dec 2017 21:29:43 -0600 Mark Schofield wrote: > Hi All > > I am looking to buy a new Dell laptop and wanted to put FreeBSD on it, but was unsure which one is supported. I am looking at a non touchscreen version that to put on it with 8gb ram. Link below > > http://pilot.search.dell.com/Linux > > > Will FreeBSD install on one of these. FreeBSD will install. But - Intel Graphics for newer chipsets (like those used with 7th generation Intel Core cpus) will very likely not work out of the box. Also, some of the hardware inside the laptop might be unsupported (no FreeBSD driver), for example the wireless (there has been lots of progress here lately, with both iwn and iwm drivers, so it might work). There have been reports that people have got Intel Graphics working with the drm-next-kmod[1] port, but I haven't tried this, so YMMV. In general, buying a new laptop to use a FreeBSD desktop machine today is difficult, both because the vendors / shops seldoms lists all technical specifications - you have to do all research yourself, and because many "Linux-supported" products from well known vendors like Dell and others use proprietary drivers in Linux to be able to claim Linux support. References: 1) https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-next-kmod/ -- Torfinn Ingolfsen