From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 13 17:17:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B0F516A42D for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:17:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from postal4.es.net (postal4.es.net [198.124.252.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D224743D45 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:17:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal4.es.net (Postal Node 4) with ESMTP (SSL) id IBA74465; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:17:10 -0800 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 12DA745041; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:17:09 -0800 (PST) To: Matthias Schmidt In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:06:30 +0100." <20060313170630.GA71135@staatsfeind.org> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:17:09 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20060313171709.12DA745041@ptavv.es.net> Cc: freebsd@meijome.net, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What laptop do you recommend? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:17:13 -0000 > Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:06:30 +0100 > From: Matthias Schmidt > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > Hi, > > * freebsd@meijome.net wrote: > > hi everyone, > > I'm looking for a new, gruntier laptop. What laptop is known to work > > WELL with freeBSD? e.g.: > > My personal favorite is an IBM Thinkpad Laptop. I have a Thinkpad T43 > and T23 and both models run FreeBSD 6.0. Have a look at my > Thinkpad+FreeBSD page: > > http://www.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/~schmidtm/ibm/ Oops! I forgot one VERY important detail. The BIOS update on 29-Nov-2005 is very important! Without it there were several problems with ACPI and suspend/resume. Be sure to update the BIOS and Embedded Controller firmware (available at the Lenovo support site (http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/homeLenovo.do?country=us). -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634