Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 23:34:54 -0700 From: Frank Fenderbender <frankfenderbender@council124.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD desktop "best-fit" Dell platform suggestions? Message-ID: <BC38B20C-1513-4DAD-98B0-64716409745B@council124.org> In-Reply-To: <33fed198-334b-99b4-aecb-4f5546ec3e11@holgerdanske.com> References: <CANx7MpfDQJEUsjo_SSYqnExagj30NAAD8cPYiR3mDZq_ztor8Q@mail.gmail.com> <43760917-5FAA-4C75-A4D2-923A5EA0E624@council124.org> <2d7ff5f5-603f-004d-31fc-14eef658997e@holgerdanske.com> <06447bee-f1d3-6967-f2af-73c68df05351@holgerdanske.com> <F89E6058-8BD2-499C-AA45-F1FE6E76939E@council124.org> <33fed198-334b-99b4-aecb-4f5546ec3e11@holgerdanske.com>
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DavidC: Thanks for the project connect links.=20 I will check into them on Thursday. Do folks volunteer with an 'existing' effort that works via VPN = document-sharing, their own list-group, or what? Is there a rotating role of (or tag-team) contact person? If no group exists, is there a place to notify other volunteers w/o = disturbing the questions group? thanks, "frank" =20 On 03-April-2019, at 00:40 PM, David Christensen wrote: > On 4/3/19 1:04 AM, Frank Fenderbender wrote: >> Thanks much, David C! >> This type of research, unpacked from personal experience for a = general perusal, salvages from the private pains & pangs, as well as the = joyous successes, encountered while fitting releases to systems, and = vice-[re]versa. >> As payback for the efforts made towards pulling me towards the = success side, I will see if i can create a spreadsheet, which I'll put = up on my = <http://lust-for-life.org/Lust-For-Life/Computing/Computing.htm>; web = page. Its goal will roughly be to list issues based on release:hardware. = I' also like to work on a page that helps with add-on dependencies so = that collisions can be avoided and troubleshooting made a bit easier. = Any help on either page is greatly appreciated and open to different = approaches entirely. >> For now, I'll plan to post the additional page title(s) and url(s) = soon... and how to send in verifiable additions to elevate its coverage = (perhaps with links back to contributors for spec-test-verification = details). >> I'm open to how best to approach each mini-project.... >=20 > Finding compatible hardware and software remains a never-ending quest, = especially for FOSS. Rather than building a personal solution, I would = suggest contributing to some community solution. STFW I see: >=20 > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/hardware.html >=20 > http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Main_Page >=20 >=20 > My wish-list solution would be a USB flash drive live FreeBSD = distribution with a console app that runs a bunch of tests and submits = reports to a central server with a searchable WWW app. The client app = would include local storage and sneaker-net capabilities (for testing = computers without Internet connectivity). Bonus points if one client = image supported multiple architectures (I use i386 and amd64). >=20 >=20 > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 Frank frankfenderbender@council124.org
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