Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 16:56:11 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netbooks vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <20090524165611.1c6d0b31.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090524135229.GA3410@current.Sisis.de> References: <4A17FFAF.4010400@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905231808430.25076@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <BAY126-DS360C373365E30C34D8157CA570@phx.gbl> <1243112254.1200.11.camel@RabbitsDen> <4A194F19.9070106@FreeBSD.org> <20090524135229.GA3410@current.Sisis.de>
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On Sun, 24 May 2009 15:52:29 +0200, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > I have a real netbook, an EeePC 900 with 20 GByte SSD, Wifi, 1024x600 9" > display and an attached USB Huawei E220 dongel for UMTS. I have > installed 8-CURRENT and all works as it should, only the inbuild cam is > not supported, but I don't neet this at the moment (maybe later when Skype > for FreeBSD can do video as well). I would tend to buy one myself in the future, especially for LAN and WLAN diagnostics (at the customer's site). I like the concept of the SSD in opposite to a "moving parts" classical hard disk. Size and battery life are okay (for what they are intended for), and I think older models of the EeePC will get a bit cheaper over the time. I'm very greedy, so I mostly think: "Do I REALLY need this - and spend money on it?" :-) There is a nice description about how to install FreeBSD on this device at http://www.unixarea.de/installEeePC.txt - and I can't wait to try this out. But I'm sure I would not want to run KDE or Gnome on this thing... Of course, it would be nice to have access to the camera (at least you paid for it), be it by Skype or simply by mencoder. Maybe it will be supported in the future. By the way, can you tell me how expensive (approx.) is the UMTS dongle, and how much is using it? (I'm curious, and since you're from a .de domain, your answer should apply to me, too.) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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