Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 13:09:25 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: will andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Latest laptop recommendations Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991207125521.03e625b0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991207143226.andrews@technologist.com> References: <4.2.0.58.19991206161653.03e8cdf0@localhost>
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At 12:32 PM 12/7/1999 , will andrews wrote: >On 06-Dec-99 Brett Glass wrote: > > So far, the best candidate I've found is the Gateway Solo 9150 -- not their > > latest model, nor their fastest (the 9150 has a 333 MHz Celeron). But it > > seems to use supported chipsets. Does anyone have experience with this > > model? With others that are worth considering? > >I like my Dell Inspiron 7000, which works well with FreeBSD (I can even get >XF86_Mach64 X server working with the ATI Rage Pro AGP card), however, beware >the modem. You should be able to get Dell to put one in that works with >FreeBSD; ask about, say, a "Linux-compatible" modem. :-) The danger in asking for a "Linux-compatible" modem is that Lucent has binary-only Linux drivers for Lucent Winmodems now. There are no such drivers for FreeBSD, to my knowledge (though there should be). Another example of FreeBSD being left behind in the Linux hype. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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