From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 24 16:19:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 557B01065673 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 16:19:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from dd12710.kasserver.com (dd12710.kasserver.com [85.13.134.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5E228FC20 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 16:19:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from localhost.my.domain (ppp-93-104-111-67.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.111.67]) by dd12710.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F5EA18521572; Sun, 24 May 2009 18:19:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4OGJ1TU003988; Sun, 24 May 2009 18:19:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 18:19:01 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20090524161901.GB3776@current.Sisis.de> References: <4A17FFAF.4010400@FreeBSD.org> <1243112254.1200.11.camel@RabbitsDen> <4A194F19.9070106@FreeBSD.org> <20090524135229.GA3410@current.Sisis.de> <20090524165611.1c6d0b31.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20090524165611.1c6d0b31.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT (i386) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netbooks vs FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 16:19:08 -0000 El día Sunday, May 24, 2009 a las 04:56:11PM +0200, Polytropon escribió: > On Sun, 24 May 2009 15:52:29 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > I have a real netbook, an EeePC 900 with 20 GByte SSD, Wifi, 1024x600 9" > > display and an attached USB Huawei E220 dongel for UMTS. I have > > installed 8-CURRENT and all works as it should, only the inbuild cam is > > not supported, but I don't neet this at the moment (maybe later when Skype > > for FreeBSD can do video as well). > > I would tend to buy one myself in the future, especially for > LAN and WLAN diagnostics (at the customer's site). I like the > concept of the SSD in opposite to a "moving parts" classical > hard disk. Size and battery life are okay (for what they are > intended for), and I think older models of the EeePC will > get a bit cheaper over the time. I'm very greedy, so I mostly > think: "Do I REALLY need this - and spend money on it?" :-) I'm using mine one for reading books in Spanish and writing private stuff; I have a Spanish dictionary on it and an offline version of the Spanish Wikipedia. As well I use it to connect to Internet when I'm sitting in a beer garden to access things I wanna read. It is a netbook per definition. And really cool. The battery (6600 mAh) gives me around 4.5 hours autonomy, but often I find a point with power. > There is a nice description about how to install FreeBSD on > this device at http://www.unixarea.de/installEeePC.txt - and > I can't wait to try this out. But I'm sure I would not want > to run KDE or Gnome on this thing... why? it just runs fast on it; The above description is still on RELENG_7 level, I will update it soon for CURRENT which is I run now. > > Of course, it would be nice to have access to the camera (at > least you paid for it), be it by Skype or simply by mencoder. > Maybe it will be supported in the future. > > By the way, can you tell me how expensive (approx.) is the > UMTS dongle, and how much is using it? (I'm curious, and > since you're from a .de domain, your answer should apply > to me, too.) I have a flat rate SIM and PCMCIA card from the company I'm working for. And bought the UMTS dongle for my private usage in eBay for around 35 euro, I think. I'm using it nearly every evening. > -- > Polytropon > >From Magdeburg, Germany I lived in Westeregeln and went to school in Egeln :-) > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 happy since 2.2.5 (around 1997, I think). matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD.