From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 24 08:41:18 2011 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 3E14A1065703 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:41:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC088FC12 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:41:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from russet.local (reflex.squiz.co.uk [83.217.109.164]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p7O8fDDH026776 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:41:14 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p7O8fDDH026776 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1314175274; bh=l3ZqXkjo+kfE7+gXOXZybBuTnrDIhAU7urXsdjPz6HE=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4E54B929.5010801@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20W ed,=2024=20Aug=202011=2009:41:13=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20rv:6.0)=20Gecko/201 10812=20Thunderbird/6.0|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20Mihamina=20Rakot omandimby=20|CC:=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.o rg|Subject:=20Re:=20to=20come=20from=20Linux=20to=20FreeBSD|Refere nces:=20<4E549B5D.4080807@rktmb.org>|In-Reply-To:=20<4E549B5D.4080 807@rktmb.org>|X-Enigmail-Version:=201.3.1|Content-Type:=20multipa rt/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"applicatio n/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig23808149BB 6DA7B3C0DA2C21"; b=CobMrqcq9ocRWZsWPYrWYNsqnEW2nAIYoRa4xrnmCSCRQ6IORdsnCm4WKkfBj+gYZ u/pm5xUcWVxb1L3LNXdW06krYF7A6sdL/5XKtfo+VInwEebyeJWZNMbOAMWw2aNEWS ENkJr2iMwL3HL3Sp3rrxv0rhBuAbpg+DHgkwbyko= X-Authentication-Warning: lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host reflex.squiz.co.uk [83.217.109.164] claimed to be russet.local Message-ID: <4E54B929.5010801@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:41:13 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:6.0) Gecko/20110812 Thunderbird/6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mihamina Rakotomandimby References: <4E549B5D.4080807@rktmb.org> In-Reply-To: <4E549B5D.4080807@rktmb.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig23808149BB6DA7B3C0DA2C21" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: to come from Linux to FreeBSD 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: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:41:18 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig23808149BB6DA7B3C0DA2C21 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 24/08/2011 07:34, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > I am from Linux (Debian & Ubuntu) and I will have to intensively use > FreeBSD on servers (DNS, Database, Routing...) >=20 > I would like to install a FreeBSD on my laptop (Dell Inspiron, or some > Asus not defined yet) and then virtualize a lot (KVM seems OK) in order= > to get used. >=20 > For the install on a laptop: > If my Wifi chipset is ever unsupported is it probably the same status i= f > I try to switch to a FreeBSD derivative? >=20 > Or more precisely: What FreeBSD derivative would you recommend if > wanting to have a usable laptop that can virtualize several flavors of > FreeBSD derivatives? Probably start by installing PC-BSD -- that's based on FreeBSD but tailored to providing the sort of desktop environment you'ld want on a laptop. Virtualization is actually a bit of a tricky thing with FreeBSD. There's Jail, which is excellent -- very light weight, but it only works with FreeBSD guests. There's VirtualBox, but that runs the guest OSes as a standard client application and it tends to be slow, or there's Xen, where dom0 support by FreeBSD is in the works, but probably not good enough for production use yet. Running FreeBSD as a guest under most virtualization software works well -- it's fine with Linux KVM for instance. 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