From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 2 23:58:02 2015 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 7B503993223 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 2015 23:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-f180.google.com (mail-ie0-f180.google.com [209.85.223.180]) (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 4F9A51A48 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 2015 23:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by iebmu5 with SMTP id mu5so67059326ieb.1 for ; Thu, 02 Jul 2015 16:57:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=references:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type; bh=vYZXn6yVXvrLgTFY28S4N9RSr1SxqYPWVl5zSU9WZJA=; b=Xxx6zk1Yc7+pbHSdA8DMWlUvJce6x21Z/QJzpA0QlRDgDNr7D48mcTeFiW6fBZfVgq U6QK5aRI5gf+ulVBiySqHfIEux42R5Wp+pdMRvxXa3aDACtuDH+3zjy2qopPRUziVz7M UPMvK3Qrr2OpCDYaq46V7ZRrW7UPT9xjoSFeLsqUypW90Xn2pnAHyPwQcKuwx9UcBQ3E G1gvHrmjlO7yF6dy0hznWN1A2qLg+ZFBkvDoie1CcNIJIy5zanYI96/KbFuLhPQrWPVB tn0T8YGXoHJ3oZ4NYA7W7qE6cw7gpcjPiogr864G2+bHn1B/b+rFXi0t1VRqnrij84p9 dUxw== X-Received: by 10.50.13.34 with SMTP id e2mr18208252igc.23.1435881475683; Thu, 02 Jul 2015 16:57:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (184-100-80-212.mpls.qwest.net. [184.100.80.212]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h2sm6574043igv.2.2015.07.02.16.57.53 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 02 Jul 2015 16:57:54 -0700 (PDT) References: From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Bret Busby Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about current stable version of freebsd regarding drivers and desktop environment In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:57:51 -0500 Message-ID: <86fv56yuww.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 23:58:02 -0000 Bret Busby writes: > Hello. > > I have an Acer V3-772G laptop computer that has an Intel Haswell > i7-4702QM CPU and integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600 graphics controller, > and an nvidia GEForce GT750M graphics device, and the system has 32GB of > RAM. > > From the freebsd web site, I understand that version 10.1 is the latest > stable version of freebsd. > > Please advise as to whether this has drivers available for the above > system. > > Also, on the freebsd web site, at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html ; > in the freebsd handbook, > Chapter 6 The X Window System 6.8 Desktop Environments , > is indicated in 6.8.1 GNOME, that GNOME 2 is available for the current > stable version of freebsd; which I understand is freebsd v 10.1. > > Please confirm that GNOME 2 is available for the current stable version > of freebsd. > > I am trying to get a reasonably reliable operating system running on the > Acer V3-772G, with the GNOME 2 desktop environment. > > Thank you in anticipation. The Haswell integrated GPU isn't supported yet (the driver's being worked on in the -CURRENT branch), but the Nvidia GPU should work fine. GNOME 2 no longer exists. MATE is available for installation, if that's what you mean. -- ================================================================= :: Brandon Wandersee :: :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: ================================================================== 'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.' - Douglas Adams ==================================================================