Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:39:19 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Sergei Akhmatdinov <sakhmatd@inventati.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Subject: Re: Laptop recommendation Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1702181830550.79251@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20170218213408.6ftvgiy7j5gwzxvt@silverbeast> References: <CAA3eX7Z4zaEu%2BpAoJSYmCDs-TPSYMasutU6Y0Bk9Wq_gG2zNbA@mail.gmail.com> <140316c2-a061-de66-7e1f-212ac88f235e@holgerdanske.com> <20170218213408.6ftvgiy7j5gwzxvt@silverbeast>
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On Sat, 18 Feb 2017, Sergei Akhmatdinov wrote: >> 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. Yes. I have used replacement Atheros wireless cards in my most recent notebooks: Dell Latitude E7240 and E7440, small ultrabooks with Haswell processors and graphics. Some vendors only allow particular wireless cards of their own choosing, which makes replacing the stock one with a particular chipset expensive, challenging, or impossible. This includes Lenovo and HP. If you are dead-set on one of those and feel lucky with their security or quality issues, it might be easier to use a low-profile USB wireless adapter. The entry on the wiki for the Dell E7240 has everything I wished I could ask before buying it. The E7440 is essentially the same thing with a 14-inch screen. Both can be had with 1920x1080 screens, which I strongly recommend because the lower-res screen is not IPS. https://wiki.freebsd.org/Laptops https://wiki.freebsd.org/Laptops/Dell_Latitude_E7240_i5-4310U
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