On Mon, 16 Jan 2012, Yuri wrote:
On 01/16/2012 17:03, Atom Smasher wrote:
i bought myself a LENOVO T510 when it first came out, around early
2010. it's got an i5 CPU and Arrandale GPU. it's two years old and on
freeBSD i STILL can't run xorg properly with it. linux has run fine
with it since i opened the box. last i checked, freeBSD will be support
this GPU in R9... or maybe R10...?
The usual explanation for this is that FreeBSD is the server OS and
doesn't need to worry about desktop-only hardware. (Not that I agree
with such position.) I noticed that FreeBSD overall isn't too good for
laptops (correct me if I am wrong). Even if Arrandale GPU worked, there
is no working network manager in kde or gnome, able to find and setup
WiFi networks without user typing anything. Also FreeBSD isn't able to
enter (and come back from) the sleep mode. Also it can't stop the hard
drives when the system is idle (last time I tried I got system crash).
These make it very difficult to use FreeBSD on the laptops. Major
usability issues.
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so i guess that means that i'm tougher than a typical laptop user... and
instead of making things easier, freeBSD is getting harder.
thing is, when people don't "play" with freeBSD on laptops and desktops,
then they grow up, get real jobs, and don't know much about it.
if this keeps up, i'll cross a line where i just get more comfortable with
linux and migrate my freeBSD servers to it.
this is one of the areas where linux is doing well... people are "playing"
with it, but in the process they're getting used to it and comfortable
with it. from that background, they can install a linux based server
without breaking a sweat. linux's ease of use and hardware support are
seeding the next generation of FLOSS and *nix users... and most of them
have never installed/used freeBSD.
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