From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Apr 4 06:34:57 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A59FE1564F02 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 06:34:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankfenderbender@council124.org) Received: from vps349.pairvps.com (vps349.pairvps.com [216.92.231.69]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43AD9884B5 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 06:34:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankfenderbender@council124.org) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (unknown [104.220.39.23]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vps349.pairvps.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D8B01A547E; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 02:34:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: FreeBSD desktop "best-fit" Dell platform suggestions? Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Frank Fenderbender In-Reply-To: <33fed198-334b-99b4-aecb-4f5546ec3e11@holgerdanske.com> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 23:34:54 -0700 Reply-To: Frank Fenderbender Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <43760917-5FAA-4C75-A4D2-923A5EA0E624@council124.org> <2d7ff5f5-603f-004d-31fc-14eef658997e@holgerdanske.com> <06447bee-f1d3-6967-f2af-73c68df05351@holgerdanske.com> <33fed198-334b-99b4-aecb-4f5546ec3e11@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 43AD9884B5 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.96 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.96)[-0.964,0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 06:34:57 -0000 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 = 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