From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 5 14:15: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clientmail.realtime.co.uk (simian.realtime.co.uk [194.205.134.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2095037B423 for ; Sat, 5 May 2001 14:15:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from waynep@zaphod.realtime.co.uk) Received: from zaphod.realtime.co.uk ([194.205.134.208]) by clientmail.realtime.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 14w9OF-0002um-01; Sat, 05 May 2001 22:14:59 +0100 Received: from waynep by zaphod.realtime.co.uk with local (Exim 3.20 #1) id 14w9OD-000NpS-00; Sat, 05 May 2001 22:14:57 +0100 From: Wayne Pascoe To: Robert Gallimore Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and laptops References: <3AF45ED9.6419DD47@itlnet.net> Reply-To: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk Date: 05 May 2001 22:14:56 +0100 In-Reply-To: <3AF45ED9.6419DD47@itlnet.net> Message-ID: Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Robert Gallimore writes: > Is free bsd compatible with laptops? if it is, what should i look for in > terms of hardware compatibility and things like that? Also, what are the > differences between FreeBSD and the popular GNU/Linux operating system? > I am a computer science major looking for experience in UNIX. Any help > would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you. I am looking forward to your > reply. I can't speak for all laptops, but I just got a Sony Vaio Z600-HEK. Everything works on it except for the jog dial and the winmodem. Even sound and the usb slot work fine. -- - Wayne Pascoe E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668 Mobile: +44 (0) 788 431 1675 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message