diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/foundation-laptop.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/foundation-laptop.adoc new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/foundation-laptop.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +=== Laptop Support and Usability Improvements Project + +Contact: Ed Maste + +Contact: Alice Sowerby + +The project began in Q4 of 2024 and is funded by the FreeBSD Foundation and Quantum Leap Research. +It has a budget of $750,000, which will be used over one to two years. +The goal is to improve key features like WiFi, audio usability, suspend and resume functions, graphics, and Bluetooth. +The team will also create clear documentation and step-by-step guides to help people use the new features. + +Q4 Update + +* The Foundation link:https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/why-laptop-support-why-now-freebsds-strategic-move-toward-broader-adoption/[initiated the project], created link:https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop[a public roadmap], and allocated contractors to relevant workstreams. +December was the first monthly iteration of development, covering: + +** Put a VM into hibernation +** Create a list of supported laptops +** Create a translation layer for Linux drivers on FreeBSD +** Create a list of supported window environments +** <<_wireless_update,POC driver for Intel WiFi interfaces (based on OpenBSD/Haiku)>> +** Resolve tech debt in pkg to enable PkgBase development +** link:https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/wiki/Porting-a-new-version-of-DRM-drivers-from-Linux[Document how to update graphic drivers] +** <<_suspendresume_improvements,implement s2idle low power state>> +** Bring in camera code donation from Dell + +* The FreeBSD project started a community group called the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/LaptopDesktopWorkingGroup["Laptop and Desktop Working Group" (LDWG)] to help people working on Laptop- and Desktop-related projects to connect and collaborate with others in the community working on similar efforts. +The group held its first monthly meeting in December 2024. +To stay updated on LDWG activities, you can link:https://lists.freebsd.org/subscription/freebsd-desktop[join the Desktop mailing list]. + +Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation + +Sponsor: link:https://www.ql-research.com/[Quantum Leap Research]