From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 5 21: 8:17 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D21937B401 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 21:08:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpauth2-ext.prodigy.net (smtpauth2-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1946643EB2 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 21:08:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jimit@prodigy.net) Received: from prodigy.net (crtntx1-ar1-4-60-248-166.crtntx1.dsl-verizon.net [4.60.248.166]) (authenticated) by smtpauth2-ext.prodigy.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id h0658Dp346350; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:08:13 -0500 Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 23:06:57 -0600 Subject: Re: Laptops w/ FreeBSD pre-loaded (somewhat OT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG To: Scott Robbins From: Jimi Thompson In-Reply-To: <20021229220025.GA16951@scott1.homeunix.net> Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, December 29, 2002, at 04:00 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: > On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 09:28:31PM -0500, John Bleichert wrote: >> Last year (when I wasn't in the market for a laptop) I found a >> site/manufacturer which sold Athlon- and Pentium-based laptops with >> Free/OpenBSD and/or Linux pre-installed. Now that I'm in the market >> I can't find the site to save my life. Has anybody seen such a site >> anywhere? I thought I found the site linked from freebsd.org but no >> luck. > > I know Walmart sells some laptops (or is it only desktops--don't > have time to check at this instant) with some version of Linux > installed. > > If you do find out, please post the site. > Thanks > > -- > > Scott Robbins Scott, > You would be referring to the bastardized linux thing called Lindows. We were interested in at work for a test and horked up the $99.00. What a waste! Mandrake 9.0 is a better desktop distro. It biggest selling point is that it's running Transmeta's CPU's and it's only $350.00 for their "high end" device. You'd be as well of with one of the mail stations since you'd at least get some support if something breaks. I know that the Sun reps at work all carry HP laptops loaded with Intel/Solaris. They have told me that they normally load with disks burned from the ISO's on their own web site (freely downloadable) with out any problems. This leads me to think that your odds of having unix drivers for the device available would be rather high. HTH, Jimi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message