From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 5 21:20:50 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 B523E37B401 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 21:20:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from empire.explosive.mail.net (empire.explosive.mail.net [205.205.25.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E97D843ED4 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 21:20:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mykroft@explosive.mail.net) Received: (qmail 7323 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2003 05:19:46 -0000 Received: from ticking.explosive.mail.net (HELO ticking) (205.205.25.116) by empire.explosive.mail.net with SMTP; 6 Jan 2003 05:19:46 -0000 Message-ID: <009901c2b543$5b5468d0$7419cdcd@ticking> From: "Adam Maas" To: "Scott Robbins" , "Jimi Thompson" Cc: References: Subject: Re: Laptops w/ FreeBSD pre-loaded (somewhat OT) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:20:41 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 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 Check Linux Magazine or Linux Journal for ads, there's at least 3 different companies that sell Unix/Linux Laptops. I Think Rebel.com still sells some Sparc Laptops too. Adam Maas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimi Thompson" To: "Scott Robbins" Cc: Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:06 AM Subject: Re: Laptops w/ FreeBSD pre-loaded (somewhat OT) > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message