From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Feb 18 21:17:46 2017 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 A9B78CE3BE5 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2017 21:17:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms-10.1blu.de (ms-10.1blu.de [178.254.4.101]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F8251D0A for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2017 21:17:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from [82.113.99.105] (helo=localhost.unixarea.de) by ms-10.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cfCNt-0005rW-Gx for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:17:37 +0100 Received: from localhost.my.domain (c720-r292778-amd64 [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.unixarea.de (8.15.2/8.14.9) with ESMTPS id v1ILHYBa002711 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:17:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.15.2/8.14.9/Submit) id v1ILHTbq002710 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:17:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:17:29 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendation Message-ID: <20170218211729.GA2671@c720-r292778-amd64> Reply-To: Matthias Apitz Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Apitz , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <140316c2-a061-de66-7e1f-212ac88f235e@holgerdanske.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <140316c2-a061-de66-7e1f-212ac88f235e@holgerdanske.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT r292778 (amd64) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 82.113.99.105 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 21:17:46 -0000 El día Saturday, February 18, 2017 a las 01:10:17PM -0800, David Christensen escribió: > On 02/18/17 06:08, Peter Harrison via freebsd-questions wrote: > > I'm looking for a laptop recommendation. I'm current running 10.3-RELEASE > > on a Thinkpad x200s which is fine but I'm looking for something lighter > > with a better screen and longer battery life, in other words something a > > bit more modern. Doesn't have to be brand new (ebay is my friend). I do run CURRENT on: Acer C720 Dell E6330 > > Can anyone recommend something? I've been quite loyal to Thinkpads over the > > years, but happy to move on if there's a better option. Working wireless is > > a must, suspend/resume would be nice but isn't a dealbreaker. > > The challenge is determining a priori if a computer (including a laptop) > contains components/ chips that are supported under your FOSS of choice > -- processor, graphics, sound, networking (wired and wireless), etc.. > This means identifying the components/ chips contained in the computer > and then trying to figure out if your FOSS of choice supports those > components/ chips. Both are difficult questions to answer. There are a > few web sites that try to gather this information: Best way is prepare an USB stick with a bootable system with CURRENT and go to the dealer/store and check what the dmesg says about the hardware, most important are: disk, Wifi-NIC and graphics; HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, ⌂ http://www.unixarea.de/ ☎ +49-176-38902045 Aus "Nie wieder Krieg!" wurde "Nie wieder Krieg ohne Deutschlands Truppen" The "No wars anymore!" changed now to "No wars anymore without German battle groups!" El "¡Nunca jamás guerra!" ha cambiado a "¡Nunca jamás guerra sin tropas alemanas!"