On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 06:32:55PM -0400, Chris Humphries wrote: > Mostly, it seems folks don't really run NetBSD on laptops, and if they > do they're silent about it. > I personally suspect most people run NetBSD as on servers, > virtualization (virtualbox or qemu), or toys like old machines/ports > and arm boards. I'd guess a very small percentage of NetBSD users use > it as a daily driver.
I didn't have something to recommend, as my laptops are several years old. and one more reason to not mention them is: NetBSD works on them, but not completely - mainly wifi doesn't work. A new laptop buyer seeking recommendation would want everything to work, I think. But that doesn't imply I don't use NetBSD on daily use machines. I use ethernet or USB ethernet and use them daily. I use 1 Dell, 1 asus, 1 hp laptop and 2 Raspberry Pis (total 5 non servers) and 2 VPS servers running NetBSD. All laptops are dual boot and have some reason to use Linux (e.g. need of virtualbox to run a windows application in one case, use of DRM for video content in 1 case etc.) Mayuresh