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Subject: Re: Laptops & FreeBSD
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laptops are such a pain becuz of all the special hardware.  There is a
list freebsd-mobile.

Brian "Sonic" Whalen
Success = Preparation + Opportunity


On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, KEPA wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking on buying a laptop.
> > I know clone laptops origine installation problems with Linux ordinary.
> > Dell. IBM and Sony are recomended.
> > Is it the same in FreeBSD?
>
> Not any answers for your questions, but I have some links that may help:
>
>  Laptop Compatibility for FreeBSD
>  A resource for identifying successes and difficulties running various
>  versions of FreeBSD on laptop computers.
>  http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html
>
>  Laptop Survey / FreeBSD
>  A collection of information about laptops and note-pc's running FreeBSD
>  (in Japanese and English).
>  http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO/LAPTOP_SURVEY/index.html
>
> Plus my two pages:
>
>  Laptops, notebooks, portables and NetBSD
>  http://www.reedmedia.net/misc/netbsd/laptops-and-netbsd.html
>
>  Laptops and BSD/OS
>  Information about laptops that work and don't work under BSDi BSD/OS.
>  http://www.reedmedia.net/misc/bsdi/laptops-and-bsdi.html
>
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Paul Robinson wrote:
>
> > This really doesn't belong on -chat, so I've cross-posted over to
>
> It seems like everything is fair game at chat.
>
> > -questions, and I suspect any follow-ups would be best left there.
>
> Okay.
>
>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
>
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