Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:12:10 +0200 From: Wolfgang Kess <case@inga.augusta.de> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which is better ? Message-ID: <20010927131209.A34063@inga.augusta.de> In-Reply-To: <KEEEJJPNEOPCBJKLHCOHGEMJCBAA.jens@jensgreven.de>; from jens@jensgreven.de on Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 01:09:41AM %2B0200 References: <KEEEJJPNEOPCBJKLHCOHGEMJCBAA.jens@jensgreven.de>
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 01:09:41AM +0200, Jens Greven wrote: > For running on a laptop, FBSD is cool, because since DOS6.2 I've never seen > an OS booting so quick, so it's possible to shut down and reboot when yes, I agree too. The 4.4, no X of course :), is running very nice on my vintage AT&T 486-SX25 Notebook. But you dare a make buildworld it runs about 42 hour ;-) > neccessary. But you should make sure, that your hardware is supported. I > myself have a Dell Inspiron 8000 with nVidia Geforce 2 Go, and it's really a > pain in the a**... No chance to get XFree running under FreeBSD (I've heard I purchased a Dell Latitude C800 without this fancy nVidia. The ATI Mobility is supported. Take a look at XIGs index of supported Notebooks by manufacturer http://www.xig.com/Pages/LX/LaptopMfgrs/Laptops_Dell.html Wolfgang To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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