From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 08:47:14 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 47E0B1065678 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:47:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 164D28FC13 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:47:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so3350952wfg.7 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:47:13 -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:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=MwgY3F1MkSx/jlW4oVofwUxgpa8G6hC1xO578bNEtu4=; b=u5kVtnIM0ah1PGTSuok8/mmiyiZ87+FBXrY8YGeiaxC9KE8UfwmabjAl98hx3O9lbW oCsa+7qfsJobHnyVQSJF3LyEI5ZznifSXyb6fR+2q60NnaexSszJpTQdDNCQ98h0fVyC RfDbx3xcNpErRBG4VFGZQWdYF8xbajXMjIngU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HOmrEXjuWNY73irMSjAivdhTXZqMmCyltQmph9f5VkcC5tFSMiLs+q9GkjIX7X93I9 7LQzFPNIwyuC9WkuplcLcPL5b49479mV42OLO33tQAAzcudfzO/BfHD8p41Bj33o0iC+ N722GX9idPeQt3haxQiYcXyJh0o2uIZYPRbAk= Received: by 10.142.218.6 with SMTP id q6mr375830wfg.164.1213260433707; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:47:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?202.127.19.74? ( [202.127.19.74]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 22sm1906547wfg.13.2008.06.12.01.47.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:47:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4850E104.2090201@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:40:36 +0800 From: "fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jerry McAllister References: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> <20080611211821.GB25793@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080611211821.GB25793@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:47:14 -0000 Jerry McAllister wrote: > 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 ? > > It should run FreeBSD just fine. Check the hardware compatibility > lists to check for specific peripherals. > > The Linux compatibility layer worked well. Should be no problem. > > ////jerry > >> Thanks a lot. Thank you guys. I will try to install FreeBSD on a second hard disk to have a test. Is FreeBSD going to enhance himself on the desktop ? It seems that FreeBSD focuses mainly on server, while Linux has improved a lot in the past a few years both on server and desktop. But I'm still eager to try FreeBSD on my notebook :P