From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 28 19:53:49 2007 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 1907316A421 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:53:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@FreeBSD.org) Received: from heka.cenkes.org (heka.cenkes.org [208.79.80.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9B2913C459 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:53:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@FreeBSD.org) Received: from amilo.cenkes.org (ppp85-141-133-18.pppoe.mtu-net.ru [85.141.133.18]) (Authenticated sender: sat) by heka.cenkes.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A4AF2430139; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:54:22 +0400 (MSD) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:53:45 +0400 From: Andrew Pantyukhin To: Jerry McAllister Message-ID: <20070928195344.GB13096@amilo.cenkes.org> References: <539c60b90709241100y212651cdj7caf3780e5035fb7@mail.gmail.com> <46F7FC68.1040207@math.arizona.edu> <46F7FF9D.6050000@acm.org> <20070925233531.GA10266@ayn.mi.celestial.com> <54db43990709251824p70adb1bcr59af175b3123687@mail.gmail.com> <20070926151244.GA43110@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070926151244.GA43110@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> X-OS: FreeBSD amilo.cenkes.org 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: Bob Johnson , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anyone have a favorite laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: infofarmer@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:53:49 -0000 On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 11:12:44AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 09:24:55PM -0400, Bob Johnson wrote: > > I have installed FreeBSd on IBM/Lenova and Dell with little problem. > > But, I wonder if anyone here has had any dealings with a nice little > notebook from a Japanese company called 'Kojinsha'. I saw them the > last time I was in Japan, of course, running MS-something. They > are very compact, but still with a typable keyboard unlike some other > compact notebooks and a very sharp looking display. I am hoping I > can find them sold with an English Language setup in the USA. (I > have seen an European (British?) English Language version. > > So, has anyone seen these or better yet, tried one? I was quite tempted to order one of those from conics.net a while ago, but getting it across the border into Russia is a real PITA. When I googled to check for possible compatibility issues I saw people running Linux on it, there's a working Xorg driver, too. Most likely FreeBSD will run fine on it as well.