From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 21 19:42:05 2009 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 B39A71065673 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:42:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 541AB8FC2F for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:42:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n5LJg28N090307; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:42:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:42:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:42:00 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Al Plant Message-ID: <20090621194200.GC63029@thought.org> References: <20090621055235.GA60649@thought.org> <4A3E879F.6020708@hdk5.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A3E879F.6020708@hdk5.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions? 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, 21 Jun 2009 19:42:06 -0000 On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 09:18:55AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > >for the dedicated nerds on-list now on the weekend, i just edited [[ this > >is my LAST edit ]] of ``slicejourney.php''. it goes away in ten days. > > > >i have another issue that has more to do with freebsd on the new and > >lost cost notebook computers i had heard of. how many and which ones > >work best with our flavor of BSD. turns out that sometimes things-ubuntu > >fail, and i need something failsafe and with a keyboard. i'll explain > >later, but if i can use a lightweight computer that has audio with the > >kde apps, i can create a reasonably priced tts or speech synthesizer that > >would be accessible to a great many people. instead of the $8-9 kilobuck > >windose devs. > > > > > >anybody know? > > > ############ > > > Aloha Gary, > > Agree that that any Ubunto OS is bad on notebooks. I have an HP Mini > 1000 that I have network issues with because Ubunto barfs up any static > network settings. > > HP Tech Support gave me advice to replace it with FreeBSD 7.2. Try it > from a flash drive first to test everything then replace the Ubunto. > > I hear some people on the list have FreeBSD on Asus Eee net books and it > is working well. > aloha! is there a particular url[s], or should i just google? lots of miscellaneous questions that the websites may be able to answer. gary > -- > > ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 > + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + > + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + > < email: noc@hdk5.net > > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php The 4.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php