From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 05:58:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F4461065680 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:58:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sziszi@bsd.hu) Received: from mail.rubicom.hu (mail.rubicom.hu [89.147.80.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B17AA8FC14 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:58:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sziszi@bsd.hu) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=mail.rubicom.hu) by mail.rubicom.hu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KOQIh-00057F-8m for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:02:07 +0200 Received: from ip5993549e.rubicom.hu ([89.147.84.158] helo=baranyfelhocske.buza.adamsfamily.xx) by mail.rubicom.hu with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KOQIh-000576-16 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:02:07 +0200 Received: from baranyfelhocske.buza.adamsfamily.xx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by baranyfelhocske.buza.adamsfamily.xx (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6V526N0002073 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:02:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sziszi@bsd.hu) Received: (from sziszi@localhost) by baranyfelhocske.buza.adamsfamily.xx (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m6V526tT002072 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:02:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sziszi@bsd.hu) X-Authentication-Warning: baranyfelhocske.buza.adamsfamily.xx: sziszi set sender to sziszi@bsd.hu using -f Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:02:06 +0200 From: Szilveszter Adam To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080731050206.GA1681@baranyfelhocske.buza.adamsfamily.xx> References: <1216910072.2251.8.camel@jill.exit.com> <86y73j341e.fsf@ds4.des.no> <86bq0ftjf6.fsf@ds4.des.no> <8C2BF4B9-14CD-40EA-B22E-DBB7060BFE46@bnc.net> <792298050807301331g37cc20a3of90ef7b7d2c94a17@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <792298050807301331g37cc20a3of90ef7b7d2c94a17@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:58:14 -0000 On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 04:31:10PM -0400, L Campbell wrote: > It depends on what you consider to be "comfortable". Seconded. I have been happily running FreeBSD (usually -CURRENT) on two laptops for the last 5+ years. No issues really. Of course, this required that I did not merely walk into a store and pick up the item that was the most heavily advertised or the cheaperst or the "coolest" according to some tech site. (FreeBSD is so cool anyway, that the machine gets barely notices anyway :-) Instead I picked machines that were well supported hardware-wise after careful research. This meant eg that I even left one in the shop because when I went on location, it turned out that it had an Azalia soundcard instead of AC97 (although the specs said differently) and that was not well supported at that time in FreeBSD. Incidentally, this usually means not taking the latest and greatest, but to be frank, I have no need for the latest tech either. At this time I have an IBM TP R50e, which "just works". It does not have fancy items like BT or fingerprint reader, but I do not require those either. The modem does not work but I have no need for that either any more. (On my previous laptop, the modem worked with the ltmdm driver as well and I used that to go online for at least one year.) Oh, and I do not use suspend/resume because to be frank, FreeBSD boots faster than Windows wakes up. So I have no need for that either. So yes, it entirely depends on your definition of "comfortable". -- Regards: Szilveszter ADAM Budapest Hungary