From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 21:27:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1152D1065671 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:27:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from strontium90@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 991BF8FC08 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:27:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from strontium90@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so1590748nfh.33 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:27:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iA77wh8NHxl6RTOnetRQ8HDIDfnr4laO536Jp8jQVIQ=; b=KX01MJvYF28mn9ctN489LJHxnpKp9rAijEq6zhmz/Y+Kf1FEfTAhrzL4mR/15Iucsr lqGv3aqiEyxISx01DDaqSZCAkLwSYsvoeHT1ucox2G1m+rc08zbV89msEbNJklQGc14l zXtYgC4GeRZFBaPOFoIZ1crzsul6lCYrXblME= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=YxLDrJkxvMN3URuWbnZHkIrdGbbKsMd/Qd+uIGtPBr4+Gu/couTFJbtaFoVvuXH3Hw vlsN691Vy3oD4+6ZSxvQjnQWsVkMsI7Tw9aor765nnOGbRERmtu+cEeBZsZOKAjoCVXv LCeBkExWny3QX2QpkSg1fv55NEkEQVdyPLxck= Received: by 10.210.50.6 with SMTP id x6mr2535244ebx.87.1217021263371; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:27:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from crow.my.domain ( [88.86.9.146]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p10sm22065988gvf.7.2008.07.25.14.27.40 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:27:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <488A44E6.80907@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:25:58 +0300 From: Razmig K User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zaphod Beeblebrox References: <20080725120020.A428F106569E@hub.freebsd.org> <488A0EF0.6020402@gmail.com> <5f67a8c40807251307q5eac959an48de528ab89d663d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5f67a8c40807251307q5eac959an48de528ab89d663d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:27:45 -0000 Zaphod Beeblebrox a écrit : > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Razmig K > wrote: > > How about Dell models which come with Ubuntu preinstalled? (Inspiron > 1525N and 1420N, XPS M1330). Don't they have higher chances of > running FreeBSD smoothly? A quick glance over the hardware notes of > 7.0-RELEASE and some googling around show that wireless, video and > audio are supported. > > > One problem with most of the Dell offerings is that they use the NVidia > video chipset. Now this is a plus if you're into playing a few games, > but it sucks if you're running FreeBSD. One of the original requests > was for >4G RAM. The NVidia binary driver only works on IA32, not AMD64 > (and the opensource driver sucks at even 2D), so your RAM is practically > limited to around 3.5G (depending on a few things). > [...] > ---- it's just that the 2D > acceleration feels very lacking and it also can't do things like scale a > movie at full frame rate. The aforementioned Dell models offer the Intel graphics accelerator X3100 as an option, which appears to be supported pretty well on both 32 and 64 bit architectures. A fairly recent thread at PC-BSD forums reports successful use of Compiz Fusion (albeit on Ubuntu Gutsy) with this accelerator: http://forums.pcbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=10936&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a //rk