Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:04:57 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Timothy Opie <timopie@dodo.com.au> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Laptops for FreeBSD (was: BSD support?) Message-ID: <20031118033457.GE32042@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20031118115649.58e3574f.timopie@dodo.com.au> References: <20031118115649.58e3574f.timopie@dodo.com.au>
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--ao0agQACI2PjKWpV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Single line paragraphs. On Tuesday, 18 November 2003 at 11:56:49 +1000, Timothy Opie wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am patiently saving money to purchase a laptop, hopefully by the > end of this year. I would like to know if there are any laptop > manufacturers that specificially support BSD, and by supporting they > choose specific default hardware configurations that will give the > least problems on BSD. > > I did a BSD-Google search for laptop and notebook, and noticed that > Dell came up more than any other company. I have been contemplating > getting the Dell Inspiron 5150. > > Does anyone have any comments on this model, or can anyone recommend > a more BSD friendly laptop? I believe the 5150 is OK. I have a 5100 which has given me some problems with X, but the 5150 is marginally different. The Ethernet chip (Broadcom 4400) is only supported in -CURRENT. Greg -- When replying to this message, please take care not to mutilate the original text. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/email.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --ao0agQACI2PjKWpV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/uZNhIubykFB6QiMRAgFtAJ90iPqXWshlX8Pc6YlBDPrrnQZkVQCeOv+2 3TD1m/HZfT/6ShZt207zS08= =Tkjz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ao0agQACI2PjKWpV--
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