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The FreeBSD Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Improvements project aims to deliver a package of improved or new FreeBSD functionality that, together, will ensure that it runs well “out of the box” on a broad range of personal computing devices.

9 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 5 stories, 4 comments · first 2025-06-06 · latest 2026-04-09

Mentions per year 9 mentions · busiest year 2025 (8)
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  1. …not support the graphics cards, it will soon. It looks like they are currently porting over 6.11: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/41
    comment by craftkiller · 2026-04-09 · in Top laptops to use with FreeBSD
  2. ▲ 193
    The FreeBSD Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Project
    story by mikece · 2025-12-19 · 73 comments
  3. …work. There is a project currently underway to help get more laptops back into support again: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop
    comment by zie · 2025-12-01 · in A Love Letter to FreeBSD
  4. ▲ 98
    Laptop Support and Usability (LSU): July 2025 Report
    story by grahamjperrin · 2025-08-07 · 99 comments
  5. ▲ 8
    Improving FreeBSD support on laptops ( June update)
    story by net01 · 2025-07-07 · 0 comments
  6. ▲ 3
    FreeBSD Foundation Laptop Update
    story by Tomte · 2025-06-09 · 0 comments
  7. It's on the FreeBSD Foundation's roadmap: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/22
    comment by kevans91 · 2025-06-08 · in A year of funded FreeBSD development
  8. ▲ 6
    Improving FreeBSD support on laptops (may update)
    story by net01 · 2025-06-06 · 0 comments
  9. …invested $750k for this implementing: (S0ix Sleep State, etc ) you can find the project laptop here https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop
    comment by net01 · 2025-06-06 · in A year of funded FreeBSD development