This laptop is supposed to be pretty Linux friendly. I was wondering if anyone had tried it out with FreeBSD?
Link: https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite
Link: https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite
Which model exactly? Looking at recent probe like this, the compatibility isn't that great https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=66543e9280It's still a possibility for me. I'm also going through the supported laptop list and seeing a lot of ideapads that appear to have complete compatibility. Used price on those are pretty cheap so we'll see I guess.
Sadly not anymore. This applied for old laptops. The newly produced models seem to be made to break after warranty. Two new thinkpads (made after 2015) already died on me after few months I bought them in used condition (decent). On top of this all, newly made spare motherboards for lenovo laptops produce all kind of weird issues.Used HW is better for the environment. These starbooks look yummie, make no mistake, and coreboot sounds great, too. But you get the same punch for half the money and less driver hassle when taking used HW.
True to an extent but survivors bias and also the Lindy effect start to come into play.Sadly not anymore. This applied for old laptops. The newly produced models seem to be made to break after warranty.
In terms of wi-fi, NetBSD sometimes has better support than FreeBSD in my experience.Hi, I'm very new to BSD. I own a Starlite Mk IV and wanted to try FreeBSD. I tried the NomadBSD 130R LiveCD and the trackpad did not work, even with iichid, but with GhostBSD 22.06.18 I was more lucky as the trackpad did work right away with no further configuration. A more recent kernel I believe.
I also could up the wireless interface and scan wifi networks, but I couldn't connect to one. Also the soundcard was not detected, even with snd_driver loaded. I didn't look further.