Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:20:41 -0500 From: "Adam Maas" <mykroft@explosive.mail.net> To: "Scott Robbins" <scottro@nyc.rr.com>, "Jimi Thompson" <jimit@prodigy.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Laptops w/ FreeBSD pre-loaded (somewhat OT) Message-ID: <009901c2b543$5b5468d0$7419cdcd@ticking> References: <AE010BA5-2134-11D7-88BD-0003930DFD02@prodigy.net>
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Check Linux Magazine or Linux Journal for ads, there's at least 3 different companies that sell Unix/Linux Laptops. I Think Rebel.com still sells some Sparc Laptops too. Adam Maas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimi Thompson" <jimit@prodigy.net> To: "Scott Robbins" <scottro@nyc.rr.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:06 AM Subject: Re: Laptops w/ FreeBSD pre-loaded (somewhat OT) > > On Sunday, December 29, 2002, at 04:00 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 09:28:31PM -0500, John Bleichert wrote: > >> Last year (when I wasn't in the market for a laptop) I found a > >> site/manufacturer which sold Athlon- and Pentium-based laptops with > >> Free/OpenBSD and/or Linux pre-installed. Now that I'm in the market > >> I can't find the site to save my life. Has anybody seen such a site > >> anywhere? I thought I found the site linked from freebsd.org but no > >> luck. > > > > I know Walmart sells some laptops (or is it only desktops--don't > > have time to check at this instant) with some version of Linux > > installed. > > > > If you do find out, please post the site. > > Thanks > > > > -- > > > > Scott Robbins > Scott, > > > You would be referring to the bastardized linux thing called Lindows. > We were interested in at work for a test and horked up the $99.00. > What a waste! Mandrake 9.0 is a better desktop distro. It biggest > selling point is that it's running Transmeta's CPU's and it's only > $350.00 for their "high end" device. You'd be as well of with one of > the mail stations since you'd at least get some support if something > breaks. > > I know that the Sun reps at work all carry HP laptops loaded with > Intel/Solaris. They have told me that they normally load with disks > burned from the ISO's on their own web site (freely downloadable) with > out any problems. This leads me to think that your odds of having unix > drivers for the device available would be rather high. > > HTH, > > Jimi > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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