From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 10 23:46:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ED1116A41A for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:46:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pobox@verysmall.org) Received: from thing.verysmall.org (thing.verysmall.org [212.100.226.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D7EE43D45 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:46:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pobox@verysmall.org) Received: (qmail 3351 invoked by uid 89); 10 Jun 2006 23:45:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (iavor.raytchev@verysmall.org@84.114.134.105) by thing.verysmall.org with SMTP; 10 Jun 2006 23:45:43 -0000 Message-ID: <448B59D4.6000903@verysmall.org> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:46:28 +0200 From: "pobox@verysmall.org" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derek Jander References: <159b320e0606100145j5b8af20du931e6672b5e292ee@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <159b320e0606100145j5b8af20du931e6672b5e292ee@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on 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: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:46:40 -0000 Derek Jander wrote: > Hi all! I'm considering to migrate my HP nx9030 from Windows XP > Professional > to *nix OS since almost all the servers I'm administering right now have > some Linux flavour installed. I was about to install fedora when some > firend > told me about FreeBSD. I just tested it on a Virtual Machine and it looks > great. My doubt now, is if it will be very difficult to make it work on my > machine. I really need the internal modem, and of course the Wireless and > stuff... And I can't be dealing with it for months.... Anyone who had > already installed FBSD on that sistem (HP nx9030) could post any comment? > Any help will be appreciated. > > Thank you! You could also stay on virtual machines. If you deal with different flavors of Linux, this will allow you to experiment and a mistake will not render you without laptop. Also until you make your laptop run FreeBSD, you might have some downtime, if you have not done it. Just some thoughts. Iv.