Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:43:23 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Jerry Dunham <dunham@dunham.org> Cc: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, Joe Warner <jswarner@uswest.net>, cal@rushe.aero.org, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, James Diefenderfer <james@worldly.org> Subject: Re: Still No FreeBSD Message-ID: <3946C71B.A65FDBD0@softweyr.com> References: <200006100634.XAA15122@calamari.aero.org> <20000610202611.H22659@rider.dunham.org> <3942F563.9613BCE7@worldly.org> <20000610212117.N22659@rider.dunham.org> <3942FA1C.68246759@worldly.org> <20000610213641.P22659@rider.dunham.org> <3943EB0B.CB3B <064201bfd4e4$e5167730$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <20000613155451.L22659@rider.dunham.org>
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Jerry Dunham wrote:
>
> I know less about them, but I believe Fujitsu and at least some IBM note-
> books are FreeBSD-friendly as well from what I've heard.
Most recent ThinkPads seem to work adequately, modulo sound support
in some cases.
> I've read a lot
> of problem stories involving Compaq notebooks. Considering their mixed
> parentage, I'd expect HP notebooks to be a mixed bag. At least some
> Sonys seem to work well with FreeBSD, but I've read too little about
> Gateway to hazard a guess.
The Sony PCG-F series and the 505's all seem to work relatively well
with FreeBSD. Even the sound is supported as of 4.0.
At FreeBSDCon last year, the laptops in the terminal room included:
o Librettos, almost exclusively Japanese users
o Dell, mostly Latitudes
o IBM ThinkPads, ranging from 386 to PII. The percentag of
ThinkPad users NOT running X seemed higher than other makes
o Sony PCG-F (the big ones)
o Sony 505 (the little ones)
The Sonys were the most numerous, followed by about equal numbers of
Dell and IBM. This was just observation, not a survey, so take it with
a grain of salt.
> One that's guaranteed NOT to work with FreeBSD is the iBook. :-)
But you can get OS X for that.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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