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Subject: Re: free bsd on laptops 
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> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 17:29:05 +0530
> From: Mubeesh ali <mubeeshalivm@gmail.com>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
> 
> Hi ,
> 
> Thanks david for your  detailed reply.
> 
> I hope these would work in a bsd laptop:
> 
> 
> ATI or NVIDIA graphics card
ATI is open source friendly. NVIDIA is not. Still, both generally work.

> hibernate or suspend functionality
Very platform and BIOS sensitive. It is hit and miss.

> touchpad
Never seen much of  problem. Full "Synaptics" support. Just works.

> built in wireless card  mostly  Intel dot11 N wireless cards
> datacard ;make qualcomm (bsnl evdo mmx 300 )