From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 16:37:13 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 72035106566C for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:37:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cpanel03.rubas-s03.net (cpanel03.rubas-s03.net [195.182.222.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2839C8FC19 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:37:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [213.142.183.219] (helo=gahrtop.localhost) by cpanel03.rubas-s03.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1K6TJq-0005FX-0O; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:37:06 +0200 Message-ID: <484FFF25.2070402@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:36:53 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080610) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar References: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> <20080611164612.T25711@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <484FFE1C.9000704@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <484FFE1C.9000704@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=9571F78E; url=http://gahr.ch/pgp/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel03.rubas-s03.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - FreeBSD.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: "fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com" , 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 16:37:13 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Pietro Cerutti wrote: | Wojciech Puchar wrote: | |> 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. | | | | not sure about display card. but everything else should be OK. it's | | IBM/Lenovo :) | | nVIDIA drivers should support it: | | http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_100.14.09.html err, this is the most up to date :) http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_173.14.05.html | | | | |> 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 ? | | Linux emulation is stable enough, I would say. I've used it to run | Mathematica 5 in the past (see handbook). | | _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" - -- Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAkhP/yQACgkQwMJqmJVx947A5gCfQ79JCQT/Ms/NhUi5J7zsi/dd XKYAni1WDmassbnMg5H+Vj9xZPn87Dug =0Vzp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----