USD 1 million towards the #FreeBSD laptop dream yessss
@jutty wait... what? deets?
@david foundation raising that figure towards better laptop support e.g. wifi, power management, graphics, audio, drivers...
more here -> https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/why-laptop-support-why-now-freebsds-strategic-move-toward-broader-adoption/
@jutty ah, neat. I run freebsd on my daily driver laptop. It actually works pretty well. Wifi works, graphics works, audio, etc.
Power management even.. sometimes works!
In terms of things I think are most valuable; thunnderbolt, and the more advanced power management things (like suspend to disk). Other than that it is just to get things supported SOONER (as in sooner to tech being released)
@jutty hmm.. I tend to go for the larger and more well known (and expensive) brangs; Lenovo, Dell, HP, etc. So definitely gong to be a bias there towards more standard parts (like I have an em wired ethernet and an iwlwifi on this.. pretty stock chips).
I could see an issue getting a rando laptop from walmart or off of amazon.
@jutty oh, I'll add another area to gain support for, and it should actually be pretty easy. E and P cores!
@david Yes, sooner would be nice. I also see a point in making it wider though. Some models are very compatible and very daily-drivable, but sadly the odds are not in our favor just picking a random laptop.