From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 27 21:31:25 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B73401065670 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:31:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@lecuire.fr) Received: from neutron.lecuire.fr (lecuire.fr [82.232.211.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DF058FC19 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:31:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [192.168.0.50]) by neutron.lecuire.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A98FF61C34 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:31:23 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4CA10D2D.7030605@lecuire.fr> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:31:25 +0200 From: BernardL User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; fr; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4C8316C5.2060906@gmail.com> <4CA00A1F.5010405@rdtan.net> In-Reply-To: <4CA00A1F.5010405@rdtan.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 100927-1, 27/09/2010), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:41:54 +0000 Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Compaq mini CQ10 anyone? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:31:25 -0000 Le 27/09/2010 05:06, Edward a écrit : >> I just got one and was wondering if anyone was running FreeBSD on it >> and how well does it work out of the box. >> All comments are welcome. > Try PCBSD (http://pcbsd.org), is a Desktop BSD variant based on FreeBSD. > Personally, I've used FreeBSD in a laptop in a few occasions but after > trying out PCBSD, this path requires the least effort to setup a > Desktop. The installation& setting up of hardware is too easy. The > kernel that comes with it, does a good job in recognizing the wireless > chip, sound card, NIC, display& other stuff. Even though it uses the > PBI format to install software on PCBSD, one can still use port to > install additional softwares on it by using the "portjail" console. Both > PBI& port works together well. > > In short, it definitely worth a try! :) I have tried to install PC-BSD without success. In the process, the screen turned black and i had to turn the CQ10 off. I don't know whether there is an issue with PC-BSD or if I did something wrong. Bernard Lecuire