Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:35:33 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: mubeeshalivm@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free bsd on laptops Message-ID: <4C596CA5.9090706@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100804132800.298731CC3A@ptavv.es.net> References: <20100804132800.298731CC3A@ptavv.es.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/4/10 9:28 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 17:29:05 +0530 >> From: >> 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 ) Hi, If you are planning on purchasing a laptop from your local electronics shop, you might consider burning a PC-BSD DVD, and booting into the live OS. If they won't let you do that, find another shop. Regards, - -- Glen Barber -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMWWylAAoJEFJPDDeguUajEkEH/RfpBhn/2j5eaV8m6juBb+kv whZo3KDWw/SmZMX0jKkI6fXXztd1pzAzRe1bZzutvssYV3IDTOMoTs9QMHzBZad1 Pg4KmqN6IS464T659nfGt47qTx5pwhXM0+PbwWpJiQIwMNy0C3Kg/6wqZBQ1c8mV qd3RAfXSAYZ1GoAwKbYnE/SqD5MAWpFHmJb4e6SJcsQocQ8dV9Unb0zZz3w9YJGp eQWgGo9c9EDaqc+7z9E0+30ZWUCJSD3qFHox3gSj6BsROwAwWe3+3/FxUHnTfyk6 cKyz3ynK92pjzJWR+FN6V4aFP2FR6JwvwNVrkk/12hUJ5YKkNojOTdF/uhEEqkk= =dnuu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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