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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 05/24/2026 18:11 EDT

FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop

Phoronix reports on a presentation about trying FreeBSD on modern Framework laptop from last week's Open Source Summit hosted by the Linux Foundation:

With FreeBSD having worked on improving its laptop support over the past two years with some big changes and ongoing efforts for making a nice KDE desktop experience on FreeBSD, FreeBSD Foundation's Executive Director has been trying to daily drive FreeBSD on laptops...

With the Framework Laptop, the touchscreen "just worked" as did other basic functionali

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