From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 20 04:16:52 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 2A316106564A for ; Thu, 20 May 2010 04:16:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D963D8FC14 for ; Thu, 20 May 2010 04:16:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4K4GpkV062962; Wed, 19 May 2010 22:16:51 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o4K4Gp7A062959; Wed, 19 May 2010 22:16:51 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 22:16:51 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Anh Ky Huynh In-Reply-To: <20100520090848.39faaa3f@icy.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <20100520090848.39faaa3f@icy.localdomain> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.5 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 19 May 2010 22:16:51 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd on netbook 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: Thu, 20 May 2010 04:16:52 -0000 On Thu, 20 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote: > I intend to buy a netbook for convenience (for many remote jobs, a > netbook seems to be enough) whose cost is around $400. I'd like have > freebsd on that netbook (oh, no linux, no windows, please :-) but it's > hard to choose a right one that works fine (even with Ubuntu. See > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks.) http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html has a lot of user-supplied information. I've used FreeBSD on Acer Aspire One models AOA150 and D250. Most of the basic hardware is the same on all brands: Atom processor, Intel chipset. Potential problem areas are card readers, wireless, and even wired Ethernet. Watch out for the Poulsbo/GMA500 video in newer netbooks. Sounds like xorg is questionable on them so far. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA