Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 08:25:50 +0800 From: Ben Hutton <ben@benhutton.com.au> To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Foundation Laptop Support target hardware and desktop environments Message-ID: <08f1ee64-c2f7-494c-a476-0e7044994d63@benhutton.com.au> In-Reply-To: <CAAeFWmn_Jq=%2BstsXNohkdtBx=ODZ1NohohsL-5mn5MQynwQd5Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAeFWmncytpVw3=3yAoeeyn-xFsYb_4T3GmczeaGSRBKN_q64Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAAeFWmn_Jq=%2BstsXNohkdtBx=ODZ1NohohsL-5mn5MQynwQd5Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Maybe in additional to Laptops, a list of peripherals that are supported? For example USB Ethernet Adapters, Bluetooth Headset/Mouse/Keyboard. On 2/11/25 22:44, Ed Maste wrote: > The FreeBSD Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Improvements > project is choosing a small list of laptops and of desktop > environments that will be used as targets for our development effort. > This means that contracted developers will be using the laptops and > environments on these lists during their work, and that our testing > will be done against these. > > Inclusion in the target laptop list implies that at least two of these > laptop models are in use by developers working on this project for the > FreeBSD Foundation, and that we have vendor contacts for development > support. > > We are starting the list with the 13" AMD Framework laptop: > https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/blob/main/supported/laptops.md > > We've chosen this laptop as the initial target for a few reasons. The > Foundation has a good relationship with folks at Framework, and they > have been contributing bug fixes and improvements to improve FreeBSD. > See https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/freebsd-on-framework for > details. > > The Foundation also has a good working relationship with AMD, in case > we need support during development. Additional laptop models will be > added over time, taking into account vendor support and community > feedback. > > For the desktop environment we'll start with KDE, as it is popular and > has an active development team. > https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/blob/main/supported/desktop-environment.md. > > We're targeting Wayland as it's important for long-term viability, > although in the short term KDE on X11 is the usable approach. > > Please let me know if you have any feedback on these two topics. >
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