From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 21 20:15:32 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 C7A9A1065674 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:15:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9795F8FC0C for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:15:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4C485C26; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:18:52 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <4A3E94E3.8020608@hdk5.net> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:15:31 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20090621055235.GA60649@thought.org> <4A3E879F.6020708@hdk5.net> <20090621194200.GC63029@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090621194200.GC63029@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 20:15:33 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > 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 >> > ############ There was a big discussion on this list about a month back about laptops. You can search for answers on our FreeBSD list or on Google. Consumer reports also had a discussion in their magazine last month. Many of the net book sellers are now putting Linux OS on them. But not all models. New Egg, Comp USA (on line) Tiger Direct etc. -- ~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