From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 10 15:21:00 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD2C5106564A for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:21:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73A748FC0A for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:21:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb36 with SMTP id 36so107437wyb.13 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:20:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=iIo5Uako0gBHnPi7XzpCTSWQg5RHr5FXc4mmtIToZH0=; b=b+17CIt6tOAIKx9Wam1CYf3FKvNLdH01r3ovWVkex3yYod94wY+JYq/wOyHSCZmuiS Wiso0fX5c6uFT1GEvdl9rvp+YIiQdQSwVpnSp7OkoGJf1WaeaTJ/9ZX36R7j5uotmQyi jPQrg60DwDTjL0Qj+555uURfYSLMScH4FbKY8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=h5lkt+044JjMCtQQx06/4VPdGObOEjxfQ/lHHC0NICcAZl2IR50WPX8L9N0sXBFcYP cZcBluRywbFK8K+zDn1NsWHz4Uw8/iqHa1v/UH63PUI+Sgp9esRHan9Z2mBSBfl81O69 1kh4I2zhmmbooxd7T2Mj2/SNsrHTpgPmDKdOE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.145.198 with SMTP id p48mr560666wej.18.1286724051322; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:20:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.133.133 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:20:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101009175535.GA1567@hogwarts.local> References: <20101009175535.GA1567@hogwarts.local> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:20:51 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brandon Gooch To: Arvid Warnecke Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which OS for notebook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:21:00 -0000 On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Arvid Warnecke wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 01:11:30AM -0300, Leandro F Silva wrote: >> Which OS are you using on your notebook, FreeBSD / Linux or MAC ? >> Also, can you tell us the hardware, Sony / HP etc.. >> > Right now I use Mac OSX on my MacBook Pro and FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE on my > IBM/Lenovo T60 Notebook. > > The only issue I have with FreeBSD is the configuration for > suspend/resume and battery lifetime (the big battery lasts for ca. 3,5 > hours). > Everything else works fine. Have you taken a look at this? http://wiki.freebsd.org/TuningPowerConsumption Additionally, the new timer infrastructure has and will allow for even more power saving (especially when the "tickless" functionality is implemented): http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=209371 http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=212541 Regarding the suspend/resume; it took me a while to get my Lenovo X300 to reliably (99.9% of the time) resume. I have to kldunload the USB stack to have the ports function on resume, and I still get the occasional VGA reinit lock-up, but mostly it works :) Things have been better since I moved to 9-CURRENT... > I have been thinking about FreeBSD on the Macbook Pro dual booting (I > need Mac OSX for photography software), but I am not sure if the > hardware will be supported that well. Here's an excellent place to start your research: http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook Good luck! -Brandon