From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 09:07:38 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B253695C for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:07:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sender1.zohomail.com (sender1.zohomail.com [74.201.84.155]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90D268CD for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:07:38 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=bsdjunk; d=bsdjunk.com; h=date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject:mime-version:content-type:user-agent; b=fRCOEFfbEgPoV2/9KX81oCl2VdtxLMXD1JJiJQsfyH/gkr6Oa01A3AGrTagpqFNMkpfbsmGDt+Ek NFf093q9SqeVucOIXlo0fGUrX7vcLVVlbKWsu38VptN20CtWRpAGEap0dSAcUuLW6/Ua4BRZ4pM4 xcsCfUGRDCbjZS0D0fI= Received: from mail.zoho.com by mx.zohomail.com with SMTP id 1417165650991467.5267703689102; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 01:07:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 03:07:30 -0600 From: chris To: Matthias Apitz Message-ID: <149f5a7bbfc.10a33e3a4597260.8616295839777906926@bsdjunk.com> In-Reply-To: <20141128081127.GA1544@unixarea.DDR.dd> References: <20141128040356.28633.qmail@ary.lan> <20141128081127.GA1544@unixarea.DDR.dd> Subject: Re: looking for new netbook MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: Medium User-Agent: Zoho Mail X-Mailer: Zoho Mail Cc: John Levine , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, johannes@brilliantservice.co.jp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:07:38 -0000 Just go to your local Sears, Bestbuy and pick one ? However I have a Lenovo G480 which is rather useless on FreeBSD I am hoping= I can create drivers to support the NIC/WiFi card in it one day. ------------------------------------- Chris Petrik FreeBSD Developer E on FreeBSD ------ As in certain cults it is possible to kill a process if you know its true n= ame. -- Ken Thompson and Dennis M. Ritchie ---- On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 02:11:27 -0600 Matthias Apitz wr= ote ----=20 > El d=C3=ADa Friday, November 28, 2014 a las 04:03:56AM -0000, John Levin= e escribi=C3=B3: >=20 > > In article you write: > > >Personally I haven't had so much time lately to contribute but I hope= we > > >can have FreeBSD running on Macbook Air soon... > >=20 > > I run FreeBSD in a a Virtualbox virtual machine on my Macbook. It is > > straightforward to have X clients in the VM talk to windows in the > > native xquartz X server. >=20 > Thanks for all feedback I received. To make this clear: I want to have a > netbook type laptop (as laptop I use Dell E6330 which works just fine > with FreeBSD). I was asking for a 10 or 11 inch size model. >=20 > Re/ Mac, for a bunch of reasons Mac is a no go for me, not as laptop and > not as mobile cellphone. One reason you can Google for with > 'Apple stories'. >=20 > > This works for me a lot better than native FreeBSD on a laptop -- my > > last computer was a Lenovo X400 running FreeBSD natively, and I wasted > > too much time trying to get Chrome and other third party X apps to > > work. Now I can run Chrome on MacOS, and the stuff under FreeBSD that > > works better there. >=20 > I can not remember any laptop which at the end not worked fine. Of > course, one has to pre-check the components and maybe change, for > example. the Wifi chip or use an USB dongle as Wifi. >=20 > matthias >=20 > --=20 > Matthias Apitz, guru@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ +49-170-452721= 1 > 1989-2014: The Wall was torn down so that we go to war together again. > El Muro ha sido derribado para que nos unimos en ir a la guerra otra vez= . > Diese Grenze wurde aufgehoben damit wir gemeinsam wieder in den Krieg zi= ehen. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org"