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I've been using FreeBSD since version 4.3 on and off. Most of the time I've used it with variants of ThinkPads, recent ones were T530i and E480. The longest per
by zenlot 7y ago
I've been using FreeBSD since version 4.3 on and off. Most of the time I've used it with variants of ThinkPads, recent ones were T530i and E480. The longest period I've spent as my main OS was long time ago on Sony Vaio VGN-FS550. In a sense it has improved a lot, but also managed to remain complicated for someone who just want to test things without prior knowledge. But yes, this is typical amount of things you need to undergo when starting with FreeBSD. And it remained pretty much the same for the past 19 years. I've switched to Linux as my main OS, just because I wanted things to work out of the box.
- toyg 7y ago> I've switched to Linux as my main OS, just because I wanted things to work out of the box. As an old geek, statements like this still feel weird, in a very good way. Remember winmodems and XFree86? Eh.
- hollerith 7y agoHasn't it always been the case that Linux is more likely to work out of the box than FreeBSD is on a laptop not specifically chosen for FreeBSD support?
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- mhd 7y agoSure, but "more likely" still meant "unlikely" not too long ago. Unless on a laptop specifically chosen for Linux support.
- zenlot 7y agoLaziness kicks in with years ;)
- nimmen 7y agoI used new thinkpad x220 back in the day, the only annoying thing was that lan required some driver download from vendor(realtek, if remember correctly), did not work out of the box. Don't think I've messed much with other things, so they worked ok for me out of the box(but my requirements might be different). Been user since 6.0