x220 notes

[Vrachnis Ilias-Dimitrios]

On 03/07/2012 01:25, Любомир Григоров wrote:
> I will be buying a X220 soon and have some questions:
>
> 1. Which wireless has better support?
>
> ThinkPad 11b/g/n Wireless (Realtek RTL8192SE / RTL8188CE)
> Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000
>
> 2. I've read bad reviews about webcam having poor quality on GNU/Linux, so
> I would assume it will be the same on FreeBSD with webcamd and not worth
> the $30? (which also frees up space for 3x3 antenna)
>
> 3. Any disadvantages in usage for turning off the UEFI?
>
> 4. How far is the AMD64 kernel suspend/resume? What do you mean by video
> doesn't resume?
>
> 5. I'll be getting the IPS screen and want to make sure all the brightness
> issues won't f it up. Is there yet a working way to control brightness
> without interrupting the fan?

Hi Любомир,

i'll be answering the 1,2 questions from my experience with the X220:

I bought my X220 with the Realtek wireless and the webcam.

I tried running -CURRENT a couple of months ago, (just after the bump to 
10-CURRENT) but the wifi was a no-go, so yeah, I'd suggest getting the 
intel adapter too.

As for the camera, I've been running Arch linux, and the performance 
(resolution, refresh rate) have been fine, as far as I know at least.
I've used it for some skype conferencing and it worked fine. No 
flickering, no issues at all. Without knowing about the webcamd 
compatibility of the specific model, I am happy about choosing the 
camera instead of the antenna, as I never have any problems connecting 
to my access point, even when I am far away with 4-5 walls in between.

As for the rest, I can't comment on, as I did not install freebsd at 
all, and as such I did not test the other parts. The wireless was a big 
issue for me you see.

just my 0.02$

-vid