Hello everyone,
I have a Samsung RF511 laptop and I wanted to replace my preinstalled Windows 7 with FreeBSD.
I don't know if FreeBSD is able to run on this laptop. I searched the web, but found virtually no information.
It runs on an Ivy Brdige (I5) processor which according this list (1) appears to be supported. The Graphics card is an NVidia GT 540M which is not in the compatibility list(1), but the 520 and 560 are listed as "working", so my guess is that it should work with the nvidia driver.
I'm concerned about two things primarely:
0) Has anybody on this forum successfully ran FreeBSD on this laptop?
1) What filesystem should I use? (I understand that ZFS is to be avoided entirely on laptop installations, but I might be wrong).
2) Are there any tips for improving performance on laptops?
I'm also considering waiting for 10.1 (I do hope newcons is completed in time for the release).
Regards.
[1] - https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics
I have a Samsung RF511 laptop and I wanted to replace my preinstalled Windows 7 with FreeBSD.
I don't know if FreeBSD is able to run on this laptop. I searched the web, but found virtually no information.
It runs on an Ivy Brdige (I5) processor which according this list (1) appears to be supported. The Graphics card is an NVidia GT 540M which is not in the compatibility list(1), but the 520 and 560 are listed as "working", so my guess is that it should work with the nvidia driver.
I'm concerned about two things primarely:
0) Has anybody on this forum successfully ran FreeBSD on this laptop?
1) What filesystem should I use? (I understand that ZFS is to be avoided entirely on laptop installations, but I might be wrong).
2) Are there any tips for improving performance on laptops?
I'm also considering waiting for 10.1 (I do hope newcons is completed in time for the release).
Regards.
[1] - https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics