From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 20:10:53 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 4F87C106566C for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 20:10:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2CFD8FC0A for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 20:10:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.4/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id o95KAo8W018109 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:10:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Ids: 168 Received: from niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7D838A33A for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:10:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: by niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id 24F9F409E; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:12:31 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:12:31 +0000 From: Michel Talon To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101005221230.GA87356@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Miltered: at jchkmail.jussieu.fr with ID 4CAB864A.007 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 4CAB864A.007/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ 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 20:10:53 -0000 David Kelly wrote: > On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 01:11:30AM -0300, Leandro F Silva wrote: > > > > Which OS are you using on your notebook, FreeBSD / Linux or MAC ? > > Also, can you tell us the hardware, Sony / HP etc.. > > MacOS X 10.6.4. Its solid, supported, and Unix. In general the Unix > things that need to be treated differently between MacOS and FreeBSD are > exactly the sort of things you need to be prepared for for jumping > between any Unix (or Unix clone). > > Apple hardware is exceptionally good. Generally run 5 to 8 years before > upgrading. Got my original MacBook Pro in January 2006 and its still > Going strong on the original battery. Its biggest limitation today is > its > 2GB max memory, but the Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz CPU is plenty good. Here i am using a Sony laptop under Ubuntu (Lucid Lynx). Everything works perfectly OK, i could not be happier. I have a partition with FreeBSD 8.1 on this laptop, wireless works but ACPI doesn't at all. On desktops i use FreeBSD because it generally works and i like it better. As for Apple hardware, the experience in our lab is that is is by far the worst quality of almost all the machines we have. No other brand (Dell, etc.) has such massive hardware problems (screen failing, cdroms failing, mobo failing etc.). Another thing to consider is the ease of maintaining the software on the machine. My personal opinion is that Ubuntu (more generally Debian) is light years ahead of FreeBSD in this domain. I am quite sure you will find vocal people to claim otherwise. -- Michel TALON