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MID_RHS_WWW(0.50)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Tue, 21 Dec 2021, at 01:26, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 12/20/21 12:43 PM, Andrea Venturoli wrote: >> >> Hello. >> >> I'm looking for a small (12" max) laptop which can be used with >> FreeBSD. Nothing fancy, really: >=8GiB RAM, possibly FullHD, possibly >> 4 cores and possibly with (old) USB ports. >> >> Finding such a small laptop has become difficult; finding such a >> small laptop which doesn't come infested with Windows has proven >> impossible up to now. >> >> Any hint on a brand/producer I should check? > > I recently took delivery of a framework, primarily because of the repairability > and upgradeability of it. > > I normally run fbsd but needed linux for a couple of apps. I put ubuntu > 21.10 on it and so far it's been pretty good. If someone would give me a good > recommendation for a dual boot loader I would consider reloading it with both > ubuntu and fbsd. > > Gary If you're native UEFI, then refind is excellent. A+ Dave