From owner-freebsd-current Sun Feb 28 20:12: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from cygnus.rush.net (cygnus.rush.net [209.45.245.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01E041532A for ; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:12:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@cygnus.rush.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by cygnus.rush.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA29433; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:12:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:12:28 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein To: The Hermit Hacker Cc: alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.edu, Chuck Robey , "David O'Brien" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: gcc In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > The Hermit Hacker says: > > : On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > > : > > : > Your argument about CS students needing the better compiler was true, > > : > but totally ignored the fact that getting the CS students their compiler > > : > IS NOT the top priority, especially since ports can do it (did for me). > > : > > : Ummmm, you mis-quoted. I agree with your above, and my statement had to > > : do with an inability of FreeBSD to run on the hardware that we have (IBM > > : thinkpad laptops) then anything software related (other then > > : kernel/driver)... > > > > I think I take offense to this statement. I've been running FreeBSD on > > various models of StinkPads for the past two+ years. The combo works > > (mostly) like a charm too. > > You are most welcome to take offense to that statement, especially > considering you obviously have no idea what you are taking offesnse at... > > Yes, FreeBSD installs on these things, but the network card in them are > not supported by FreeBSD, which defeats the purpose of a "Networked > Campus"... What are the most commonly found chipsets in these thinkpads? -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message