Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 11:30:09 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI <YAPEDU@SIDERAR.COM> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions Message-ID: <3B4603B1.5F45F9DE@acuson.com> References: <F06719ACCB96D311B52C0008C7B1518B026AF85D@SARZSEX2>
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GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI wrote: > What is the last release kernel version of FreeBSD? Is possible to compile > it? Is the source code available? The latest release is 4.3. It includes much more then a kernel. The whole OS from kernel to userland is integrated into a single source tree, and all of it is now at release 4.3 And the full source for everything is available and a license so free it makes the Linux look miserly. FreeBSD comes with very good documentation. The FreeBSD handbook, which is also online, has a chapter on rebuilding the kernel and another on rebuilding everything else. > How about hardware support? Are there drivers for PCMCIA cards and > winmodems? > I'm interested in install it on a notebook. Like Linux, there won't be any winmodem support. Fire off a nasty letter to your winmodem manufacturer, and go grab a real modem (you know, one that actually meets the dictionary definition). PCMCIA works fine. But like Linux, laptops can be tricky beasts. You might have to do a bit of searching to get some of the more esoteric part-of-the-day components to work. In my experience, FreeBSD has better support for network related hardware, but not as much for soundcards. There is a site for FreeBSD laptops. I don't know where it is though. Anybody out there know? > Are there a kernel feature like ipchains/iptable? Yes. > PS: if is it the wrong place to post this kind of questions, sorry. Who > can answer them? Technical questions don't belong on this list, but your questions are fine. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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