Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:48:16 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.1 - should I? Message-ID: <bcla94$kej$1@main.gmane.org> References: <200306161253.10715.metrol@metrol.net>
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Michael Collette wrote: > As you've probably seen from my previous posts, I'm having a heck of a > time > getting 4-STABLE to play properly on this Thinkpad R40. My #1 problem has > to > do with the power management. After running through a variety of kind > suggestions I'm still no further along in returning this box to it's > owner. > > I'm a little leary about putting 5 on there, as it'll be my first install > of > this version. I wouldn't mind so much playing around with it on a box > that I would have in front of me, but this is going to a user that has no > intention > of learning Unix. Whoa. Hold up! For users who want to learn as little about *nix as possible, I'd recommend Red Hat Linux. Full GUI driven configuration. FreeBSD will likely only frustrate such a user. I _still_ haven't gotten ACPI or APM suspend successfully working under 4.x or 5.x on my IBM A30p. And I'm not a dummy. The code just isn't interfacing properly with my hardware. I can get standby to work under 5.x with APM, but nothing more. (And standby barely helps at all on this laptop) I did, however, get APM working fully under Debian Linux. And I've since had some time to fiddle with Red Hat Linux. (I like it much better than debian.) Red Hat is a good choice for a user who doesn't want to learn *nix, but even Red Hat is a long shot IMHO with such a user. Usually users like that need to get either a windows box or a Mac. (Preferably a Mac) As for me, I'm sticking with FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE, but I've got a different set of needs than a normal GUI-familiar user. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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