From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 2 22: 0:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (dhcp.looksmart.com.au [202.53.47.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4711D37B722 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 22:00:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f3350J800474; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 15:00:20 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Message-Id: <200104030500.f3350J800474@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Mark Sergeant" To: "Adam Cohen" , Subject: Re: X-Mailer: Pronto v2.2.3 On freebsd/mysql Date: 03 Apr 2001 00:00:17 EST Reply-To: "Mark Sergeant" In-Reply-To: <000a01c0bbf1$ac483660$314e3181@oemcomputer> References: <000a01c0bbf1$ac483660$314e3181@oemcomputer> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I run FreeBSD on 3 different laptops quite happily, the only issue I have are winmodems ;) Check the hardware compatability ( http://www.freebsd.org ) list to see if you hardware config is supported and install. I have had nothing but happiness since I installed freebsd on my current laptop. Cheers, Mark On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 23:53:38 -0400, Adam Cohen said: > Hi- > > I have a laptop and am sick of windows. I tried installing linux but it wouldn't recognize my pcmc1a cards and crashed repeatedly. Will FreeBSD work? How does it compare with linux overall, because I hear alot more about linux than FreeBSD. > > Thanks, Adam > > > > _____________________________ > > Adam Cohen > acohen@ic.sunysb.edu > > -- Be a better psychiatrist and the world will beat a psychopath to your door. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message