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Cliff'sEsportCornerCliffsEsport@mastodon.social
Sep 18, 2026, 3:58 AM
@nina_kali_nina Wondering if you or some of your followers know how good/bad an Asus UL30vt would be for installing/testing BSD on? It has old optimus or pre optimus dual iGPU/dGPU with nvidia G210m as the discrete GPU. Which my research suggests biggest likely problem point outside of wifi. IDK how describe my skill level: BSD noob, but self taught Peek/Poke back in the day w C64, using 4 Linux distros regularly, plus Mac, Chromebook (QEMU/KVM Virt running MX XFCE), & bit of Windows.
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Nina Kalininanina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
Sep 18, 2026, 6:43 AM
@CliffsEsport I would expect that NetBSD will run better with built-in Intel, as Nvidia 3D acceleration might be missing completely. It should be good enough for daily tasks
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bplbpl@snac.bsd.cafe
Sep 18, 2026, 7:33 AM
You can check hardware support by running GhostBSD (for FreeBSD) or Fuguita (for OpenBSD) from usb key. For NetBSD you can use standard image and review dmesg after dropping to the shell. Wifi support can be checked by trying to connect to the Internet using installer's utilities.

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Nina Kalininanina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
Sep 18, 2026, 7:37 AM
@bpl @CliffsEsport that reminds me, there's a third party live usb for NetBSD that comes with X11: http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/
Login is mikutter, password is Teokure-
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bplbpl@snac.bsd.cafe
Sep 18, 2026, 7:39 AM
My saviour! I could not find that password!

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Nina Kalininanina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
Sep 18, 2026, 7:42 AM
@bpl it is a bit difficult to find, yes! Generally, the OS is in English despite being aimed at Japanese users, which probably hints that translation efforts might be not sufficient yet 😅 but in your case it's probably a blessing
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Cliff'sEsportCornerCliffsEsport@mastodon.social
Sep 18, 2026, 1:54 PM
@nina_kali_nina @bpl Appreciate help and feedback. Know I'll learn more once get test machine or two setup, I prefer bare metal testing to VM for anything serious because IME sometimes real diff in performance/problems. Beyond learning/fun I'd welcome perspectives on use cases for BSD for homelab etc. Also puzzling to me what seems paradoxical: BSD common FOSS Router/AP yet wifi support is often problematic. I get proprietary drivers, not clear if mainly BSD more strict w that vs Linux.
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