The FreeBSD Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Project

Summary

The FreeBSD Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Project Program Name Laptop Support and Usability Funding Body FreeBSD Foundation, and Quantum Leap Research Funding Status Approved on September 27, 2024 Program Sponsor Ed Maste Program Manager Alice Sowerby Objectives Deliver a package of improved or new FreeBSD functionality that, together, will ensure that it runs well “out of the box” on a broad range of personal computing devices. Organization goals Laptop support and accessibility is a strategic priority for the FreeBSD Foundation to accelerate developer and corporate adoption, through: Improving endpoint security for organizational users Improving the FreeBSD Committer experience for the project community and also Vendors whose products are based on FreeBSD. Reducing the barrier to FreeBSD adoption by users – individual, corporate, and contributors. Output Updates to FreeBSD 14.x and/or above that deliver contemporary WiFi, full audio, modern suspend and resume, improved graphics, Bluetooth, and other identified features. Documentation, and how-to guides for the new functionality. Quick links Latest Updates Project Roadmap Work in Progress Work Done Explore scope by area of functionality Laptop and Desktop Working Group - (community owned) Join the Desktop mailing list Foundation blog about the Laptop Project Discussion threads We have created discussion threads in the Desktop mailing list for key areas of the project: [FF-laptop-LSU] Power Discussion Thread [FF-laptop-LSU] Hardware Discussion Thread [FF-laptop-LSU] Audio Discussion Thread [FF-laptop-LSU] Graphics Discussion Thread [FF-laptop-LSU] WiFi Discussion Thread [FF-laptop-LSU] System Management Discussion Thread [FF-laptop-LSU] Security Discussion Thread [FF-laptop-LSU] User Testing Discussion Thread Please come and join the discussion! FAQs How much is being invested in this work? In total, $750,000 has been committed to a program of work to improve the experience of laptop users who run FreeBS...