From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 27 14:17:36 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF4CF15C42FA for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:17:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A58A787AFE for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:17:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from point.uchicago.edu (point.uchicago.edu [128.135.52.6]) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99444718047 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:17:26 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: I've got a major question... To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20190626063443.51ad3f1b.freebsd@edvax.de> <20190627082052.619cac1b.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Valeri Galtsev Message-ID: <6c611c62-4e00-ff93-6f4c-72bb77b06b7d@kicp.uchicago.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:17:26 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190627082052.619cac1b.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: A58A787AFE X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dmarc=fail reason="" header.from=uchicago.edu (policy=none) X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.82 / 15.00]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[kicp.uchicago.edu]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:160, ipnet:128.135.0.0/16, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.70)[-0.700,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.88)[-0.880,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; IP_SCORE(-0.01)[country: US(-0.06)]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.68)[0.678,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[70.20.135.128.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[uchicago.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:17:37 -0000 On 2019-06-27 01:20, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:22:05 -0400 (EDT), doug@safeport.com wrote: >> The only draw back I have hit in running FreeBSD workstations is wifi support >> and some video cards. The firm you engage should be knowledgeable in this. > > Here is something I'd like to add: USB security tokens. Certain models > require specific drivers only available for "Windows 10" (see problems > discussed before) and a buggy equivalent for Linux. No macOS support. > In case you should require those, experimenting with wine (or a VM with > a "single-purpose" installation of "Windows") might be worth looking at. > >>From my experience, WiFi was never a problem because workstations were > all networked with cable, and video cards, well, the brand and model > that supported the BrookTree interface provided by FreeBSD was chosen > for purchase. Problems solved. ;-) Choosing Atheros WiFi adapter solved WiFi for my laptop running FreeBSD. As much as I loved Intel WiFi chips, I started hating them for proprietary firmware blobs when I switched laptop from Linux to FreeBSD. Just my $0.02 Valeri > > Yes, of course I know that you cannot always buy something new, and > instead have to deal with "we must use what we have" problems. That's > why proper testing is needed _before_ the transition starts. > > > > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++