From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 22 21:08:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F20416A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:08:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gateway.nixsys.be (gateway.nixsys.be [195.144.77.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0AA243D2D for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:08:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from philip@paeps.cx) Received: from erda.home.paeps.cx (erda.home.paeps.cx [IPv6:2001:838:37f:10::1]) by gateway.nixsys.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35B807D for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:08:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fasolt.home.paeps.cx (fasolt.home.paeps.cx [10.0.0.2]) by erda.home.paeps.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1B7D20E3 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:08:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fasolt.home.paeps.cx (philip@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i6ML8b8e046505; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:08:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from philip@fasolt.home.paeps.cx) Received: (from philip@localhost) by fasolt.home.paeps.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6ML8aVl046504; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:08:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from philip) Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:08:36 +0200 From: Philip Paeps To: Kim Culhan Message-ID: <20040722210836.GB46371@fasolt.home.paeps.cx> Mail-Followup-To: Kim Culhan , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org References: <20040721203620.72466.qmail@web50707.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040721203620.72466.qmail@web50707.mail.yahoo.com> X-Date-in-Rome: ante diem XI Kalendas Augustas MMDCCLVII ab Urbe Condida X-PGP-Fingerprint: FA74 3C27 91A6 79D5 F6D3 FC53 BF4B D0E6 049D B879 X-Message-Flag: Get a proper mailclient! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: laptop for -current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:08:41 -0000 On 2004-07-21 13:36:20 (-0700), Kim Culhan wrote: > Anyone know a laptop they think is good for FreeBSd-current? I've been fairly happy with all kinds of Asus laptops. About the only things not working for me are the winmodems (grmbl) and (only on some models) irda. ACPI is fairly decent, particularly on the more recent models. Stay away from the L3H, that one's a bit of a pain. > With all the differences in hardware, trying to find one which is mostly > compatible is not straightforward. > > The manufacturers don't make it easier.. It's all a conspiracy. - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't CC me, I am subscribed to the list. BOFH Excuse #171: NOTICE: alloc: /dev/null: filesystem full