From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Mar 30 13:54:53 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 E2ADDAE3592 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:54:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-x231.google.com (mail-ob0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::231]) (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 B23BF1FDB for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:54:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ob0-x231.google.com with SMTP id kf9so66513735obc.1 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 06:54:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc; bh=umSNkxG+dUxpKx57lKgTJ00i0xpONgUA4U8RcF2ZRrw=; b=Tt+0KCSax8LM12rPqugjKJsSkewz2ExI/GMrX6u4LZuo1fh9xt0pRcQpK9P82Rry18 zGcHymGduE1higwSQRpL5p134mHTU71RaKMNy30zBLd7mjG5WLCRRT0Wenl44BuJg93Z uZBpt1tZsogdqMutQfKBIJKhxO54a0aC4IcMLU5uWWqMrX4jGArXWjQZBZnZjFJ+PYne 3aua0TiqWfdKIRcELjgwPz07XwckVIhcVEOeBNCN0LJ3glKctaZRn8j44xZcApIg2wUS hVquiE/Ad90FIVvvrrU0yfON8cebA6qTVgy3me/ZeKnuZkFW8CAAjZDCWyx+W9tg7fMC lVzw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=umSNkxG+dUxpKx57lKgTJ00i0xpONgUA4U8RcF2ZRrw=; b=g/iFDIbm1PGg8ikHq/mo7ijPr1zghilP7tWFgHFgIRWu+E8fqXk+6e1hSDpg8I1iIB H1WSASxIxLnFII3f2ytmsTwE6iDSnAJevlf/e4wsyED+Vh9AbcPDc/Ov2ZkvuhZFEeBh dgpms2UhYtjam0W7bn6mLeQPnomrGB1qqSNf7ZYRHu+1M38Y0P44Ajem9LctH7lumBmd byB1ifBXvgSpI7wmI7Uok+Cmf23jYXMfR0xgk1F+o6uQ0VDqOZyQJsgK/tQ6d0RPBIW2 fZHotar6aF0yjKD3heR8QYSi8xT7kSOahoCgt5cS5nO2t2srVdfZbiiII//yJPVcwX96 r6Og== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJJE/kR5FD+woyLyGm+Wj62k8R/FphZxxnfKCDXVjrSFGOdiFA4uIvtLto465YT1AOQHoYYkzAC/yy0IBA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.157.35.51 with SMTP id j48mr5131435otb.71.1459346075575; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 06:54:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.202.204.19 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 06:54:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <56FB5230.2070703@holgerdanske.com> References: <56FB5230.2070703@holgerdanske.com> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 08:54:35 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Recommended laptop for FreeBSD 10.2 Xfce workstation? From: Andrew Gould To: David Christensen Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 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 13:54:54 -0000 I have an old Toshiba Portege R705-P25 that works out of the box with FreeBSD 10.1. Wifi, ethernet, usb ports, sound, and hdmi ports work, although I have to set the volume up with mixer at boot-up. I have the following software working: Xorg Slim Mate XFCE LXDE Firefox Freerdp VirtualBox with Windows 7 Professional 32bit AbiWord Gnumeric Filezilla 7zip Xchat VLC I have not tried to install any of the large office suites or large multimedia players (Banshee, Amarok, Rythmbox, etc) When I have a computer with wifi compatibility issues, I prefer to use the universal wifi adapters that attach to ethernet ports rather than usb ports. Best of luck, Andrew On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:12 PM, David Christensen < dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > 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. > > > 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" >