Would FreeBSD work on a Dell Inspiron 15 3501?
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pengav · 2021-06-11 23:03

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Here’s the laptop

https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/2507673/Dell-
Inspiron-15-3501-Laptop-156/

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laffer1 · 2021-06-12 00:46

Likely the graphics and WiFi would not be supported.  The display
would use the uefi fb.   I would check the hardware support list to
confirm.   In general thinkpads are recommended by most users.

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pengav · 2021-06-12 01:08

I might just order a wifi dongle that works with FreeBSD and try it
out.

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shamnad_sherief · 2021-06-12 09:34

Download an iso and try a live boot.

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vermaden · 2021-06-12 09:49

> Wireless-AC (802.11ac)

This one will probably not work.

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linuxbuild · 2021-06-12 11:32

Try [https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/hrhfe3/how\_it\_fits\_b
sd/](https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/hrhfe3/how_it_fits_bsd/
)

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grahamperrin · 2021-06-12 15:31

Yep. GhostBSD could be the easiest try, or (with r/w media) NomadBSD.

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gumnos · 2021-06-12 16:39

Depending on the manufacturer, you might also be able to get an
internal mini-pci wifi card. I've replaced three different laptops'
Broadcom junk with an Atheros which was much more reliable.

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MX37_YT · 2021-06-12 21:32

Here’s [a list of supported
hardware](https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.0R/hardware/) from
FreeBSD’s website. Hardware not listed may still work. It is also
possible for hardware not to be listed but adequate drivers may exist
in ports or packages.

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tcmart14 · 2021-06-13 15:03

See if your model is on [bsd-hardware.info](https://bsd-
hardware.info). This is a site where users run a program that gets
hardware stats from the machine it runs on and upload it to this site
as a sort of user-create hardware database for BSDs.