Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 16:34:08 -0500 From: Sergei Akhmatdinov <sakhmatd@inventati.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Subject: Re: Laptop recommendation Message-ID: <20170218213408.6ftvgiy7j5gwzxvt@silverbeast> In-Reply-To: <140316c2-a061-de66-7e1f-212ac88f235e@holgerdanske.com> References: <CAA3eX7Z4zaEu%2BpAoJSYmCDs-TPSYMasutU6Y0Bk9Wq_gG2zNbA@mail.gmail.com> <140316c2-a061-de66-7e1f-212ac88f235e@holgerdanske.com>
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--hb5jcx6eddfnw5zl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > When I bought my laptop back in 2007, I blew it -- it has a wireless > networking card with a Broadcom chipset that is not FOSS-friendly. Debian > has a work-around using proprietary firmware, but I would prefer a laptop > with 100% FOSS-supported hardware. Perhaps I am going off on a tangent, but most of the time you can buy an Aetheros card online and replace it. I currently use 11-STABLE on an Acer Inspire V3-571. It comes with some Broadcom card preinstalled, but I swapped it out for an Aetheros AR9285. Once the wireless networking card is replaced, everything else works out of the box in STABLE. RELEASE currently lacks full Elantech touchpad support. Suspend to RAM works too, suspend to disk doesn't, but I hardly ever use suspend anyway. > Probably the best strategy is to boot a live CD of your FOSS of choice on > whatever computer you are considering buying, and then take a look at dme= sg, > etc.. Typically, this limits your purchasing options to the local geograp= hic > market. But, you might be able to find a savvy eBay seller who will send > you dmesg output. With FreeBSD, suspend support is still one of the big questions, so I would check that when doing a live CD test. > This is not a new question. Over the years, people have tried starting > businesses dealing in hardware for FOSS and/or existing businesses have > offered products with FOSS. They never seem to last. STFW and see what = you > can find currently. Why, the businesses that do that still exist. Minifree and System76 come to mind. The problem is that you will be severely overpaying for what they offer. Cheers, --=20 Sergei Akhmatdinov My GPG public key: gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys AD800D99 --hb5jcx6eddfnw5zl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEsummKCcus6yGvH0NK5XevCV5XpIFAliovcYACgkQK5XevCV5 XpIoMA/+PNSko+Omnw/cAi7S67liYcBPM4I2t0COFc618mLYPNEgeV/5q1hNrGQ5 IIxIiDk3GNhWmPnpqsrvYjneaLD+4Ulm/0u7YZexJ5/zDP47sqwIhdIqUMAhmxLk cRcizWNLsx0Vhgch021+4l9i8znUmRUvb4k3BulUzMsMztTV6CxX3+fKcYquebKS Cxs8XxPEKS64K6gOUN0DhNKOZwmPcXGZqoYM64Dtqw/BxSgA/WjJu3WyrkDrNolS r/DRxakQnv/crzahYLUi/aIPBdNOU+fZa/5CrA/sBLc03cQ9PqxhmJnf2BzpuIlz 3hZESAwe37Qr0MwMYfkMsbXjDzFjgdrkpr3f2bDHrla49lD/P5GALWW/2UbUY2CE sOHcwUdIbkqTzqxADPKchGquHRPCQSCO6DxBn4vP8HsvoubuaGeZ6kOe2nCs+w9V e8fDl81pbBmcxJ2VOrXIsvDZzWsOMAcR24QW0GBSkn3FScPM88bS6c5TifgaMEj8 xbGy+Lo4XWLWLELQfOn3/qjz7PwKtLZXwmzK0Z5sQ+D+DcAmWpfCwNZdWcSNx5TE hH3GhZ5z/YhZICqWROjUH1HyRaEhV7U5QtyF2jBs8uteuADP2oXTJw4zZvUmYkGp LN0yBxm0MjX3TYzdtpthNabnMG7cZ6VlDMImWvjWeFS7Q6MC+F0= =am15 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hb5jcx6eddfnw5zl--
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