From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 13:35:03 2010 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 69690106566B for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:35:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from j.mckeown@ru.ac.za) Received: from d.mail.ru.ac.za (d.mail.ru.ac.za [IPv6:2001:4200:1010::25:4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B6F08FC08 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:35:02 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=ru-msa; d=ru.ac.za; h=Received:From:Organization:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:References:In-Reply-To:X-Face:MIME-Version:Content-Disposition:Message-Id:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Virus-Scanned:X-Authenticated-User; b=qLqIM8Rc+X07xmXjoI1eRMlcMV1hltd9QR3+zH6FiaxJ/cPDgzktQue2xAazH55FG7HwgEDtfYJscqUs+2DdTgLOSWLwciWsUewhXNhEHUXTK1jPHmceZo6Sv+Q0054V; Received: from vorkosigan.ru.ac.za ([2001:4200:1010:1058:219:d1ff:fe9f:a932]:51760) by d.mail.ru.ac.za with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1P37fX-000HuY-JV for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:34:59 +0200 From: Jonathan McKeown Organization: Rhodes University To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:31:48 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: In-Reply-To: X-Face: $@VrUx^RHy/}yu]jKf/<4T%/d|F+$j-Ol2"2J$q+%OK1]&/G_S9(=?utf-8?q?HkaQ*=60!=3FYOK=3FY!=27M=60C=0A=09aP=5C9nVPF8Q=7DCilHH8l=3B=7E!4?= =?utf-8?q?2HK6=273lg4J=7Daz?=@1Dqqh:J]M^"YPn*2IWrZON$1+G?oX3@ =?utf-8?q?k=230=0A=0954XDRg=3DYn=5FF-etwot4U=24b?=dTS{i Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: d.mail.ru.ac.za (2001:4200:1010::25:4) X-Authenticated-User: s0900137 from vorkosigan.ru.ac.za (2001:4200:1010:1058:219:d1ff:fe9f:a932) using auth_plaintext Subject: Re: Which OS for notebook 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: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:35:03 -0000 On Tuesday 05 October 2010 13:31:08 Carmel wrote: > I have been tooling around with FreeBSD for a year or so now and I find > it incredible that there is virtually no support for modern hardware; > i.e., drivers for 'N' protocol devices. That one factor alone, and there > are others, precludes me from seriously thinking about installing > FreeBSD on a new laptop. The one PC that I have FreeBSD installed on is > connected via Ethernet cable to my LAN. Once that PC is replaced by > year's end with a more powerful, and wireless enabled unit, I am afraid > my experiment with FreeBSD will come to a close. At present it > certainly will not support the wireless card installed, and I am not > even sure if it will support all of the other hardware either. > > I realize that at this point someone will inevitably chime in and play > the "blame the manufacturers" whine. If that were factually correct, > then no one else would be able to supply drivers and support for > hardware that FreeBSD has left orphaned. > > The bottom line is that FreeBSD, if it is to continue to be considered > a viable alternative operating system, must stay current in today's > market. Many posts that I have viewed on other forums seem to feel that > FreeBSD is sadly, whether do to bad choices such as those related to GPL > licenses, or failure to properly gage today's market trends, is slipping > into an abyss. So. What's the connection between freebsd.user@seibercom.net, carmel_ny@hotmail.com and gesbbb@yahoo.com, who all post through scorpio.seibercom.net, and who all have remarkably similar views on why FreeBSD is a pile of rubbish? And in terms of keeping my killfile reasonably effective, is there any easy way to filter out /all/ the sockpuppets at once? Or do I just need to keep adding them one at a time? Jonathan