Hello everybody,
today a small hardware question. I would like to buy a Mini-PC, on which
NetBSD should be used as primary desktop operating system. I thought
about an Intel NUC. Such a device from the lower end of the performance
scale with Celeron-CPU I already have in use as a home server (model
NUC5PPYH). But for the desktop it may be a bit more power. An i5 with
SSD and 8 GB RAM or more seems to be a good choice. While I assume that
the often used Realtek-LAN-chipsets and USB 3.0 are no longer a big
problem, I am more concerned about the support of the integrated
graphics. In intel(4) the Intel Iris and Intel Iris Pro chipsets and
Intel HD are mentioned as supported. Not included are Intel UHD, which
is used in some of the newer NUCs. Is there any way to find out in
advance if the respective integrated graphics will be supported by
NetBSD's Xorg? I would like to use the Intel driver and I would not like
to switch to the less performant VESA driver. I would also be grateful
for a concrete model name, if one of you has such a NUC with a
specification of my choice and can confirm that everything works fine.
Thanks & best regards
Matthias
