Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:03:35 +0200 From: "Valerio Daelli" <valerio.daelli@gmail.com> To: "fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com" <fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD suitable for my thinkpad T61 ? Message-ID: <27dbfc8c0806120203n51d66bc7ub944bc97215d29b2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4850E104.2090201@gmail.com> References: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> <20080611211821.GB25793@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4850E104.2090201@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:40 AM, fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com <fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com> wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 08:50:36PM +0800, fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I brought a new ThinkPad T61 for work, the hardware is as follows: >>> >>> T7300(2GHz), 2GB RAM, 120GB 5400rpm HD, 15.4in 1680x1050 LCD, 128MB >>> nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn(n-disabled), Bluetooth, >>> Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Intel Turbo, 9c Li-Ion, >>> >>> My current working involves scientific calculation and programming. I'm >>> from a linux background(redhat, debian, ubuntu), but after some googling and >>> comparison, I found FreeBSD more stable and I want to try FreeBSD. I am >>> tired of a dual-boot system, so I want to just install FreeBSD or another >>> linux distribution(maybe ubuntu) on my notebook. >>> >>> My questions are: >>> 1) Can FreeBSD work well with my hardware? The display card, CDRW/DVDRW, >>> wireless, Ethernet and battery managment are the most important. >>> >>> 2) I have read the FreeBSD Handbook. According to Chapter 10: Linux >>> Binary Compatibility, it seems that FreeBSD lacks support of many commercial >>> softwares such as MATLAB, Oracle, Mathematica. Is the linux binary >>> compatibility stable enough for work ? >> >> It should run FreeBSD just fine. Check the hardware compatibility >> lists to check for specific peripherals. >> >> The Linux compatibility layer worked well. Should be no problem. >> >> ////jerry >> >>> Thanks a lot. > > Thank you guys. > > I will try to install FreeBSD on a second hard disk to have a test. > > Is FreeBSD going to enhance himself on the desktop ? It seems that FreeBSD > focuses mainly on server, while Linux has improved a lot in the past a few > years both on server and desktop. But I'm still eager to try FreeBSD on my > notebook :P > I am able to compile world and kernel and the temperature of the cores is never higher than 67. I find it stable.
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