From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 1 19:12:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C19916A41A for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:12:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-38.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-38.bluehost.com [69.89.20.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A92D13C45B for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:12:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 17090 invoked by uid 0); 1 Feb 2008 18:45:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 1 Feb 2008 18:45:59 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JL0tj-0007cb-LU for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:45:59 -0700 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:45:58 -0700 Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:45:58 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080201184558.GB19010@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.9.123.251 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Cc: Subject: Re: suitable laptops X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:12:39 -0000 On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:56:58PM -0800, Lee Shackelford wrote: > > Dear FreeBSD enthusiast. Greetings. Is anyone aware of a list of laptop > computers on which it is especially easy to install FreeBSD, or conversely, > on which it is unusually difficult to install FreeBSD? Alternately, does > anyone know of a vendor who offers a laptop with FreeBSD pre-installed? > If this question has been answered before, it is sufficient to direct me to > the location of the answer. Many thanks for your assistance. Yours truly, > L e e S h a c k e l f o r d @ d o t . c a . g o v I've had really good luck with Thinkpads. Because they're among the best laptops available, open source developers tend to focus on supporting them faster than a lot of other laptops. It's the best of both worlds. Also . . . Lenovo is selling some Thinkpad models with SuSE Linux installed. Those are likely to be better supported by FreeBSD than other models, I would imagine. Aside from that, I think the FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List brought up by others should be useful: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] They always say that when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade. I always wonder -- isn't the lemonade going to suck if life doesn't give you any sugar?