Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 22:16:51 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Anh Ky Huynh <xkyanh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd on netbook Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005192202010.62902@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20100520090848.39faaa3f@icy.localdomain> References: <20100520090848.39faaa3f@icy.localdomain>
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On Thu, 20 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote: > I intend to buy a netbook for convenience (for many remote jobs, a > netbook seems to be enough) whose cost is around $400. I'd like have > freebsd on that netbook (oh, no linux, no windows, please :-) but it's > hard to choose a right one that works fine (even with Ubuntu. See > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks.) http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html has a lot of user-supplied information. I've used FreeBSD on Acer Aspire One models AOA150 and D250. Most of the basic hardware is the same on all brands: Atom processor, Intel chipset. Potential problem areas are card readers, wireless, and even wired Ethernet. Watch out for the Poulsbo/GMA500 video in newer netbooks. Sounds like xorg is questionable on them so far. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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