From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 22 03:01:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 401B016A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 03:01:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 1002-17.Lowesthosting.com (1002-17.lowesthosting.com [207.44.234.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DE6A943D48 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 03:01:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhamby@anobject.com) Received: (qmail 22407 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2004 03:01:30 -0000 Received: from ar39.lsanca2-4.16.240.21.lsanca2.elnk.dsl.genuity.net (HELO ?192.168.0.13?) (4.16.240.21) by 1002-17.lowesthosting.com with SMTP; 22 Jul 2004 03:01:30 -0000 Message-ID: <40FF2E08.2040706@anobject.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:01:28 -0700 From: Jake Hamby User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (X11/20040719) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kim Culhan References: <20040721203620.72466.qmail@web50707.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040721203620.72466.qmail@web50707.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptop for -current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 03:01:41 -0000 Kim Culhan wrote: > Anyone know a laptop they think is good for FreeBSd-current? I just bought a Fujitsu Lifebook N5010, not specifically to run FreeBSD, but as a desktop replacement for software development (I typically dual-boot between Windows and Linux or FreeBSD). The features unique to Fujitsu notebooks that I appreciated the most were: * exceptionally crisp and bright 16" display visible from all angles * one of the few brands to still include a built-in 3.5" floppy drive * exceptionally fast Radeon 9600 3-D chipset w/ 64MB. (1) * convenient, big rotary volume control knob with LED volume display. * very well-designed keyboard layout and keyboard feel * Built-in Atheros 802.11a/b/g (not yet supported by FreeBSD-current, but I have ported the latest version of the Linux driver). (2) (1) Unfortunately, the Radeon 9600 is not yet supported for 3-D acceleration by the free drivers in XFree86. It is supported by the proprietary ATI drivers for Linux which are not yet available for FreeBSD. (2) You can download it here: http://www.anobject.com/jehamby/atheros_driver.tar.bz2 Other than general instability of the current -current (random hard freezes during moderate to heavy system activity, which doesn't happen with the RELENG_5_2 kernel), the main features not currently supported by FreeBSD on this laptop are: * onboard 10/100 Ethernet not being detected (seems to be an issue with the PCI bus enumerator not seeing the card at all) * the laptop doesn't come back up after an ACPI suspend. If you can live without these two features until they get fixed, and are willing to lug around a 7 pound laptop w/ a 2-hour battery life, I think this is a stylish and high-quality machine for a reasonable price. -- Jake Hamby GoPix, Inc.