* [9fans] supported modern laptops
@ 2019-05-20 14:47 Lyndon Nerenberg
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From: Lyndon Nerenberg @ 2019-05-20 14:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Plan 9 from Bell Labs
It's time for a new laptop, one that will dual boot OpenBSD and
9front. Looking through the FQA, the hardware listed there is a
wee bit on the dated side. I'm curious to here peoples experiences
running on more current gear.
My requirements aren't too esoteric. I need something that will
take *lots* of RAM (I'll be running several VMs under OpenBSD), has
a DVD writer, and has a 9front-supported wifi NIC. 9front audio
support would be nice, but lack of it is no big deal.
Oh, and lots of USB-A ports, if that's even possible on modern
hardware any more :-P
Thanks!
--lyndon
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* Re: [9fans] supported modern laptops
@ 2019-05-20 15:09 sl
2019-05-20 15:44 ` Kurt H Maier
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From: sl @ 2019-05-20 15:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
thinkpad x250 (see related entry in fqa3).
everything works. mine is 1920x1080 ips.
nothing newer is tested, but when we started, nothing newer than t23
was tested.
sl
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* Re: [9fans] supported modern laptops
2019-05-20 15:09 sl
@ 2019-05-20 15:44 ` Kurt H Maier
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From: Kurt H Maier @ 2019-05-20 15:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 11:09:10AM -0400, sl@9front.org wrote:
> thinkpad x250 (see related entry in fqa3).
>
> everything works. mine is 1920x1080 ips.
Caveat: you must have an Intel 6235 wifi chip installed for everything
to work under 9front. It's Lenovo part number 04W3798 and is cheap.
I have two X250s, both 1920x1080, one touchscreen and one without. The
touchscreen works in 9front. The T450 is a larger model that can
handle 32GB of ram, where the X250 tops out at 16GB.
The other advantage to these specific models is they do not have stupid
whitelists in the firmware, which means you can buy a 2242-form-factor
m.2 SSD and put it in the WWAN slot. The machine can boot from the SATA
drive or the m.2 slot, so choosing OpenBSD or 9front is a keystroke at
boot time and you do not have to screw around with chaining bootloaders.
khm
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* Re: [9fans] supported modern laptops
@ 2019-05-20 17:12 sl
2019-05-20 17:53 ` Skip Tavakkolian
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From: sl @ 2019-05-20 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
and it has a vga port.
sl
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