> buy amd small factor> install freebsd> it... works?!

[mms@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

> buy amd small factor
> install freebsd
> it... works?!

I mean, I won't use wifi but even suspend works.

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@mms suspend works is very good news. Which model?

[mms@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q Gen 2 AMD Ryzen 5 5600GE

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@mms cool!

[jae@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@mms @stefano also 7840u or 7840hs works on 15 without issues. congrats on the new machine

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@jae @mms I have a 7940HS but suspension isn't working (yet)

[jae@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano @mms

> I have a 7940HS but suspension isn't working (yet)

came close to purchasing one, but was too nervous if it wouldn't work on bsd. what model/manufacturer is it? suspend is not a dealbreaker for me as i can't recall the last time i used it to park a system. but it would of course be nice to have.

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@jae @mms it's a Minisforum um790 pro. With FreeBSD 15.0, many of the former problems have been solved. Suspension is the only thing I'm missing to definitely switch.

[jae@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano @mms so what you mention without mentioning it is, if i find one on a good pricing, buy it for a "beast-mode" jail server? 🙃

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@jae @mms something like that 🙂
I've used this as a FreeBSD server for some months (since Dec 2024 to May 2025), then I found out it was idle most of the time, so I "promoted" it to my workstation. As a server, it was great (2.5 gbit/sec ethernet, etc)

[jae@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano @mms one day soon (maybe today) i will reach out to talk about your fleet. i've ran minipcs for years, had two go boom during a storm but otherwise they mostly work fine as long as one adjust expectations (meaning they can be disposable in nature). my consulting business clients ran on a beelink for 3 years before the storm took it down.