How the Foundation’s Laptop Support & Usability Project Came Together
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＂… The Laptop Support & Usability Project is not just about laptops. It is about making FreeBSD more usable, more approachable, and more practical for the kinds of day-to-day use cases that help bring people into the community and keep them there. …＂
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#desktop #laptop #usability #LSU
quotingThe Q1 2026 issue of the FreeBSD Journal is here.
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This edition focuses on Laptop and Desktop systems, highlighting the work improving usability and performance across FreeBSD. Inside, you’ll find articles like Consolations for Kernel Hackers by Tom Jones, along with an inside look at how the Foundation’s Laptop Support & Usability Project came together, written by Deb Goodkin.
Read it here: https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/laptop-desktop/
