From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jan 14 8:19:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from bbnmg1.cns.hp.com (bbnmg1.net.external.hp.com [192.6.76.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB71F15211 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:19:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michael_heitmeier@hp.com) Received: from isoit644.bbn.hp.com (isoit644.bbn.hp.com [15.136.88.78]) by bbnmg1.cns.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id RAA11080; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:18:23 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by isoit644.bbn.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 SMKit6.0.6 OpenMail) with SMTP id RAA14990; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:18:22 +0100 (MET) From: michael_heitmeier@hp.com X-OpenMail-Hops: 1 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:18:10 +0100 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199912232026.MAA65665@pau-amma.whistle.com> Subject: Re: setting up a laptop workstation To: dhw@whistle.com Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org What about the blatant lack of support from X fro LCD displays though? I just tried myself and it's pretty horrible, I did not get it to run properly on the chap Toshiba I got. Are there any pointers about X on laptops? TIA, Michal ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: setting up a laptop workstation Author: Non-HP-dhw (dhw@whistle.com) at HP-Germany,shargw6 Date: 23.12.99 21:26 >Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 23:06:36 +0000 (GMT) >From: Jonathon McKitrick >Does anyone have any ideas on what i could install on a freebsd laptop to >make it a nice useable workstation, not just a netsurfer? I have Lyx, >netscape, and a few editors installed. I would like to avoid staroffice, >but i might end up getting it after all. Well, if I ever get a laptop, I'd probably install such things as: * magicpoint (for presentations) * xfig (for drawing diagrams &c.) * xv (for image display & some manipulation) * xpaint (for more image manipulation) Assuming that I'd have groff on there anyway, that combination would suit me as far as generating PostScript (for printing) for letters, memos, signs, diagrams, charts, slides, whatever. BTW, at the December BayLISA (http://www.baylisa.org/) meeting, one of the "Short but Cool" talks was from one of the (3) principals in a new start-up called "TuxTops"; they're working on being able to sell laptops with Linux (at first) and FreeBSD & OpenBSD (later) pre-installed... with no "Microsoft tax". He (Mark) indicated that they hoped to be able to start shipping within a few months. Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com UNIX System Administrator voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (888) 347-0197 FAX: (650) 372-5915 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message