From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 10 11:56:58 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A38E106567A for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:56:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from dd12710.kasserver.com (dd12710.kasserver.com [85.13.134.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBF558FC17 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from localhost.my.domain (cazador.sisis.de [193.31.11.193]) by dd12710.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF4FA184ED00C; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:56:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5ABuuLO003604; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:56:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:56:56 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Andy Kosela Message-ID: <20090610115656.GA3564@current.Sisis.de> References: <4a2f94be.MWoXcA9XOCCjKupX%akosela@andykosela.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4a2f94be.MWoXcA9XOCCjKupX%akosela@andykosela.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT (i386) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and recent laptops X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:56:58 -0000 El día Wednesday, June 10, 2009 a las 01:10:53PM +0200, Andy Kosela escribió: > Hi all, > > Anyone can share their experience with running FreeBSD on modern > business laptops, especially from HP or IBM. HP EliteBook, ProBook or > Compaq models would be perfect. I need Fn brightness keys to work > correctly out of the box. On my current 6715b with radeon(4) driver > it's working. On a more recent 6730b with intel(4) this is not working > unfortunately. > > I need to buy some new laptop and looking for a model with greatest > FreeBSD compatibility. Please check this database: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ Mine one is this: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=12868 running 8-CURRENT, Wifi, 1920x1200 NVIDIA 180.66 driver, ... a power-engine :-) after typing 'pkg_add xxx' the prompt just in the same eye shut re-apeared and I was asking me if the beast did something or not :-) matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD.