From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 13:22:31 2008 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 EB5501065671 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:22:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A49748FC17 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:22:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so1547761ywe.13 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:22:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bkOTn9hytUPV/VR8+Q5v032575smpzeLZ2JzBAQ69pM=; b=pWckJE2TW8x6E4OXPRWPWXWuphKUPX+/FsG59VFjipild0cfxF+hmRPtBAnnxHeeM4 H9HREVTrCpdDrjHIWd9XldAccS5gGy9Cv3zDembsXerHba6MyrMoOqYQTwF5a/0XSNOk yry1X45pI/vFp4NkytyxVP7d1xFVP7R/kWeRQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mIojoLodBKD99dmKQ3H1II9wAfP4JicORaBZJm+3cNIC9FMm+0w6c89tim/c0LXBpd dVgZwJN48fJL0fd6fxZVeKO4LiWnTkfT8ed+MtNN3eMk6fa7og4Y5BEX+h/LdNwl2A6/ g0gL/etNzfVrrX/7sxFEaN5Nchi424eaUEmPI= Received: by 10.142.187.8 with SMTP id k8mr2607993wff.276.1213189030948; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:57:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?202.127.19.74? ( [202.127.19.74]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm17577178wfc.3.2008.06.11.05.57.08 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:57:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:50:36 +0800 From: "fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Is FreeBSD suitable for my thinkpad T61 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:22:32 -0000 Hi all, I brought a new ThinkPad T61 for work, the hardware is as follows: T7300(2GHz), 2GB RAM, 120GB 5400rpm HD, 15.4in 1680x1050 LCD, 128MB nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn(n-disabled), Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Intel Turbo, 9c Li-Ion, My current working involves scientific calculation and programming. I'm from a linux background(redhat, debian, ubuntu), but after some googling and comparison, I found FreeBSD more stable and I want to try FreeBSD. I am tired of a dual-boot system, so I want to just install FreeBSD or another linux distribution(maybe ubuntu) on my notebook. My questions are: 1) Can FreeBSD work well with my hardware? The display card, CDRW/DVDRW, wireless, Ethernet and battery managment are the most important. 2) I have read the FreeBSD Handbook. According to Chapter 10: Linux Binary Compatibility, it seems that FreeBSD lacks support of many commercial softwares such as MATLAB, Oracle, Mathematica. Is the linux binary compatibility stable enough for work ? Thanks a lot.