Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:57:51 -0500 From: Brandon J. Wandersee <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> To: Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about current stable version of freebsd regarding drivers and desktop environment Message-ID: <86fv56yuww.fsf@WorkBox.Home> In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1507022305390.27360@bret-dd-workstation.busby.net> References: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1507022305390.27360@bret-dd-workstation.busby.net>
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Bret Busby writes: > Hello. > > I have an Acer V3-772G laptop computer that has an Intel Haswell > i7-4702QM CPU and integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600 graphics controller, > and an nvidia GEForce GT750M graphics device, and the system has 32GB of > RAM. > > From the freebsd web site, I understand that version 10.1 is the latest > stable version of freebsd. > > Please advise as to whether this has drivers available for the above > system. > > Also, on the freebsd web site, at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html ; > in the freebsd handbook, > Chapter 6 The X Window System 6.8 Desktop Environments , > is indicated in 6.8.1 GNOME, that GNOME 2 is available for the current > stable version of freebsd; which I understand is freebsd v 10.1. > > Please confirm that GNOME 2 is available for the current stable version > of freebsd. > > I am trying to get a reasonably reliable operating system running on the > Acer V3-772G, with the GNOME 2 desktop environment. > > Thank you in anticipation. The Haswell integrated GPU isn't supported yet (the driver's being worked on in the -CURRENT branch), but the Nvidia GPU should work fine. GNOME 2 no longer exists. MATE is available for installation, if that's what you mean. -- ================================================================= :: Brandon Wandersee :: :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: ================================================================== 'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.' - Douglas Adams ==================================================================
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