So...I heard #OpenBSD has a new release 8.0 TODAY, and the latest Intel/AMD graphics cards work. I copied the install image to a USB drive and booted. Does it run on this NEW laptop? Yes, yes it does:
✅️️ easy and intuitive install
✅️️ FULL disk encryption, super easy
✅️️ wired networking just works
✅️️ X11 worked by default
✅️️ touchscreen works
✅️️ full resolution hardware accelerated graphics, glxgears installed by default 😍
✅️️ XFCE4 was easy to install, just required adding "exec startxfce4" in home directory .xsession
✅️️ librewolf in repository
✅️️ all the fine BSD utilities that I grew up with, including xv
✅️️ solvespace, kicad, libreoffice, freecad, vlc, mpv, mplayer, mpg123, you name it likely it is there
✅️️ This is UNIX, I know this!
bugs to figure o
... show moreSo...I heard #OpenBSD has a new release 8.0 TODAY, and the latest Intel/AMD graphics cards work. I copied the install image to a USB drive and booted. Does it run on this NEW laptop? Yes, yes it does:
✅️️ easy and intuitive install
✅️️ FULL disk encryption, super easy
✅️️ wired networking just works
✅️️ X11 worked by default
✅️️ touchscreen works
✅️️ full resolution hardware accelerated graphics, glxgears installed by default 😍
✅️️ XFCE4 was easy to install, just required adding "exec startxfce4" in home directory .xsession
✅️️ librewolf in repository
✅️️ all the fine BSD utilities that I grew up with, including xv
✅️️ solvespace, kicad, libreoffice, freecad, vlc, mpv, mplayer, mpg123, you name it likely it is there
✅️️ This is UNIX, I know this!
bugs to figure out: uploading the screenshot did not work as librewolf cannot access my Downloads directory for some reason. XFCE4 has the same problem attempting to set the desktop background. Touchpad stops working after several minutes, but at least the touchscreen still works. Need to figure out how to get wireless working, might be a simple procedure.
#RUNBSD
