From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 14:29:31 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 24202106566B for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:29:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidfeustel@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4CAB8FC12 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:29:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidfeustel@comcast.net) Received: from OMTA12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.44]) by QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id cawt1Z00Y0xGWP8570K400; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:13:29 +0000 Received: from localhost ([69.245.196.200]) by OMTA12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ceDU1Z00E4KuD453YeDUQm; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:13:29 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Szju7n10RucA:10 a=GS1m_jJRkNIA:10 a=cXkRJKgiAAAA:8 a=-ZOOKKkFERHyW0s01McA:9 a=Xxl_ikynEJP92tlmF28A:7 a=tJwEaK_sv56GDBm_WxRfzx2PMG8A:4 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 From: dfeustel@mindspring.com To: "fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com" In-Reply-To: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> Message-Id: <20080611142930.C4CAB8FC12@mx1.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:29:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 14:29:31 -0000 On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 08:50:36PM +0800, fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com wrote: > 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. If FreeBSD runs on your new T61, you can install the Maxima port as a free alternative to MATLAB and Mathematica. Maxima does symbolic math and handles tensors. You can run Maxima code that proves that Einstein's theory of relativity has a far-reaching logical inconsistancy in it because the theory assumes torsion = 0 and curvature is nonzero. Non-zero curvature implies torsion also is non-zero. See the code in paper 93 at http://www.aias.us/index.php?goto=showPageByTitle&pageTitle=Unified_Field_Theory_papers