From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 6 04:12:18 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 412BD106566C for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 04:12:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phanquochien@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCDDF8FC15 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 04:12:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb24 with SMTP id 24so305wwb.31 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:11:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=C17H3KHjrpLbFO3t5onWkKIJfJIX59Pm41HBBejrN4E=; b=nQSkFo+qdzDTusH0zx8YO5+uSM8eXa+8MOJpp7DRMntvZ/4yEVBRhNdgTsjE8r5FL3 n87Jl3gmXqzM3Xy6Nobi37+HkDAmSorztfjeC5NtZs+SoM7nnYZuE6GDwO4rAPpoNw1u vT1va+7Hz8pysLTuYlqft9D/UEpT37XrDWYjM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=CnMZphNONZ2OPT4df0j+3e9yRm6uNF1BK9BC4Eoc9r92luQAXZTXtbBES1LoXseGwA Yk4AV9QYx15tAZQQKY+wR+yfJmLMtdSnvN747EqhNsLYqxxbkfq3WDeM/sSO+k1jSsO8 pk1iFLpp75+h02FSRlBsrXb2diKTO72K4+AxQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.43.11 with SMTP id u11mr9537482wbe.200.1286338283238; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:11:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.142.194 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 21:11:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4CABD4ED.9000103@gmail.com> References: <20101005171851.GC70749@guilt.hydra> <4CABD4ED.9000103@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:11:23 +0700 Message-ID: From: Phan Quoc Hien To: Gonzalo Nemmi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:12:18 -0000 Hello everyone, Which laptop vendor is best support for FreeBSD ? Thanks. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: > El 05/10/2010 02:29 p.m., Phan Quoc Hien escribi=F3: >> >> Hello. I have same question here. >> My laptop is HP Pavilion dv4 series, =A0can run fine on FreeBSD or other >> opensource OS? >> Thanks! > > Please, take a look at the following thread before going any further: > "HP Envy 14 laptop damaged by FreeBSD 8.1 install" > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D17683 > >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Chad Perrin =A0wro= te: >>> >>> 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.. >>> >>> I'm using FreeBSD on my Lenovo ThinkPad T60. =A0One of the nice things >>> about choosing FreeBSD for my laptop OS of choice is that, unlike MS >>> Windows 7, I do not need to get the latest and greatest hardware to get >>> acceptable performance. >>> >>> Of course, there are downsides to my choice, such as the lack of proper >>> hardware acceleration with an AMD/ATI graphics adapter, but since I hav= e >>> stopped playing World of Warcraft (any computer game bores me after a >>> little while), there is little need for that kind of thing. >>> >>> When deciding what to use, the first thing you need to do is figure out >>> your needs. =A0What kind of hardware do you need to support? =A0How muc= h ACPI >>> support is "enough"? =A0What do you need your software to do? =A0There = is no >>> OS that does everything better than any other OS. =A0This applies to >>> Ubuntu, MS Windows, and FreeBSD (and pretty much everything else, too). >>> >>> Because my requirements for hardware are reasonably simple, my >>> requirements for software capabilities take precedent. =A0As such, out = of >>> the various OSes with which I am comfortable to some degree, I pretty >>> much get to choose whatever OS I want. =A0Given my requirements for >>> software capabilities, FreeBSD is the obvious choice. >>> >>> -- >>> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] >>> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > --=20 Best regards, Mr.Hien E-mail: phanquochien@gmail.com Website: www.mrhien.info