Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:59:57 +0200 From: kostas kefallinos <kostaskefallinos@gmail.com> To: Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptops Message-ID: <5d0aaeee-12db-4859-90be-c95dcbfd865c@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ebae7e5a-e4b5-5a74-86d0-adbee6e00fdd@busby.net> References: <20210216134229.773fde3d@dismail.de> <ce13790c-cc1b-98ef-68ff-0fc18a5c2f6c@nomadlogic.org> <ebae7e5a-e4b5-5a74-86d0-adbee6e00fdd@busby.net>
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I think the main problem with laptops is the wifi adaptor=2E In my case I h= ave an acer predator helios 300 with Nvidia 1060 which I didn't find it at = laptops wiki=2EThe only unsupported component was the wifi adaptor=2E I bou= ght an Intel one, swap it and now it works like a charm=2E =CE=A3=CF=84= =CE=B9=CF=82 16 =CE=A6=CE=B5=CE=B2 2021, 9:30 =CE=BC=2E=CE=BC=2E ,=CE=BA=CE= =B1=CE=B9 =CF=8E=CF=81=CE=B1 9:30 =CE=BC=2E=CE=BC=2E ,Bret Busby <bret@busb= y=2Enet> =CE=AD=CE=B3=CF=81=CE=B1=CF=88=CE=B5: >On 17/2/21 3:00 am, Pete Wr= ight wrote: >> >> >> On 2/16/21 10:42 AM, LuMiWa via freebsd-questions wr= ote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> I did search FreeBSD Wiki/laptops but I didn't find th= e answer=2E I >like >>> to buy Thinkpad W541 or W550s (prefer W541) but I a= m not sure if >will >>> work on FreeBSD=2E I want it to connect external mo= nitor which going >>> through Nvidia graphics card which Optimus driver sup= posed it works >on >>> FreeBSD 13=2E I found that installation works on W52= 0 and 530=2E >> I have a different Thinkpad with Optimus graphics - a P43s= =2E=C2=A0 It >mostly >> works, but have been pretty underwhelmed by the hy= brid graphics of >> Optimus systems=2E=C2=A0 Not just with FreeBSD, but fr= om what I gather its >> suboptimal on Linux as well=2E >> > >I have been = running UbuntuMATE Linux on two computers with nVIDIA >Optimus, for severa= l years, now, without any problems=2E > >One of those, the first, upon whic= h I got it working, is an Acer Aspire > >V3-772G, which has an Intel Haskel= l i7 CPU, and nVIDIA Optimus=2E > >I think that I bought the computer in 20= 13, from memory, and it took me > >18 months to get it working with a non-M= S operating system=2E Only two >non-MS operating systems, had drivers for = the CPU; dragonflyBSD and >Ubuntu Linux, and, only Ubuntu Linux had the di= rver for the nVIDIA >Optimus system=2E Up until then, I had been using Deb= ian Linux, but, had >got fed up with it, had looked at the versions of BSD= , and was told >that >there was no way that BSD would be supporting nVIDIA= graphics, so, I >switched to Ubuntu Linux, and, it has worked well enough= with the >graphics=2E > >I am running external monitors on both laptops, a= t 1920x1080 >resolution, >without any problems=2E > >Oh, and, the other la= ptop, is an Acer Aspire 5750G=2E > >I am currently running UbuntuMATE 20=2E= 10 on both systems, and, up until >the last couple of weeks, was running U= buntuMATE 16=2E04=2Ex LTS on the >V3-772G; 16=2E04 is due to come to EOL i= n a couple of months, so I >thought >I should get used to using the inferi= or version, before then=2E > >-- >Bret Busby >Armadale >West Australia >(U= TC+0800) >=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E > >___________________= ____________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd=2Eorg mailing list = >https://lists=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsub= scribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd=2Eorg"
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