Building a computer for FreeBSD

[Warren Block]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, Erich Dollansky wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:04:03 -0600 (MDT)
> Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, Erich Dollansky wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:43:35 -0400
>>> Tyler Campbell <tyler at tristatesafeandlock.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a list of parts for building a personal computer or do you
>>>> just read through the hardware list?
>>>
>>> if you use big names like Asus, nothing should go wrong.
>>>
>>> I would avoid Intel's integrated graphics. As the support for it is
>>> not as advanced as for other graphic solutions, this could give you
>>> the wrong impression.
>>
>> Huh?  On FreeBSD, Intel video is the only one that supports KMS, the
>
> will the limitations help a beginner?

The lack of console switching, you mean?  For a desktop machine,
probably not seriously.

Certainly the support for new Intel video hardware would be an 
advantage.