My name is Jon. I'm hoping to journal my journey of a CLI Thinkpad here on this site. I want to document living a command line only life and the apps I use.
The computer I'll be using is a Lenovo ThinkPad A475. I've decided on using FreeBSD without any desktop environment or window management options. This will be a challenge for me but no better way to learn without falling back on a GUI.
Check out my other site at basic.bearblog.dev!
Sorry for the lack of updates here. My journey sort of stopped due to the hardware limitations of this laptop. I will need to try with different hardware.
Update January 2025: Giving it another go, but this doesn't look promising. I tried this time with a full download of the dvd iso. It seemed to detect more devices but couldn't get it to work. Tried installing KDE but had errors. May try again when I am on holidays next month.
Update February 2025: Planning on moving ahead with this laptop and workaround the hardware that isn't detected by FreeBSD. I'll be updating the remaining pages soon.