Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 08:59:54 -0500 From: "dodell@sitetronics.com" <dodell@sitetronics.com> To: torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First Time Laptop Install Message-ID: <99610-22004148135954780@M2W071.mail2web.com>
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>> 1: The best way to install X, from ports or pkg > >I prefer to install from ports, because then I can upgrade my ports with >cvsup and portupgrade. The downside is that it takes some time, and this >is more noticeable if you run on a slow system. One can force portupgrade to use packages to upgrade. Installing from packages will not disable you from using portupgrade to upgrade your port from packages or ports > 2: Views on desktop mangers. I like Blackbox. My 2 cents. Try a few :) > 3. Any one run a Dell CPi, with any do and don'ts Dell systems have given me no problems when running FreeBSD. I don't know if ACPI works, but I'd suggest you run without it. --Devon -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
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