Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:51:07 +0100 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: stephen jackson <sjxx123@googlemail.com>, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and hardware?? Message-ID: <200811181251.07972.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <20081118122350.X84157@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <7f8a05a80811171609h2f5742cfo2ae003415a99e45f@mail.gmail.com> <49227279.8040607@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20081118122350.X84157@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Tuesday 18 November 2008 12:27:42 Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > If you're thinking of trying out FreeBSD, then this is the right place to > > come. A word of warning though: it's not at all like Windows, or even > > MacOSX. You will be expected to learn quite a bit about the low level > > MacOSX can run unix programs, but in every other respect is not like unix > as you said. > > > nitty-gritty of the OS in order to achieve the best results. Of course, > > the "best results" are very good indeed, and in my humble opinion, well > > worth the effort required. > > > > Installing on laptop type hardware is a tricky proposition: it's very > > much luck of the draw whether your particular model has sufficient driver > > support > > For FreeBSD supported laptops Lenovo as generally good choice. Not anymore. They were when it was still IBM. Some in-depth discussion here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2008-July/010831.html And of course, there's: http://www.ixsystems.com/products/bsd-laptop.html -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part.
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