From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 09:03:36 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 84BE41065681 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:03:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from valerio.daelli@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 556C98FC21 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:03:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from valerio.daelli@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so3356483wfg.7 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:03:36 -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:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=2ij9zJqcgTGonGrJ6WYytxKWBtahdMzjEvSDO2z0p/4=; b=OCoFOKBpnzDrJQJL9Sx/RztiAOxx+8kdFB8XZOF9zMo2OTGqI8MJTNJG+EOWUFGAgG l+VBqdrTHFqt0M6CSHkPIr6bzWP4hyszD85soYqnJEYJd00wCwJ2Gwtf6DCap+Lr4RRm JJnzh2NER5axQitJDzUMCdoHXIQRak806dFSw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=emmzEBPCX2rG/3C3yCuU7mYO73oOHH7L6zrn0AbMh8lwElJOAuGrWX2GsX9gmr0ATc RPo/2Dm9kBG+vGWUOsDwedivd+v4nDWrzdfsAtr+DKaiXwwpiVmGOUo4zllOMUkq8H+I DfwxkiNdEcxZfswTYSI3zLMkD+r8QmokRsASs= Received: by 10.142.232.20 with SMTP id e20mr387008wfh.134.1213261415960; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:03:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.143.48.7 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:03:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <27dbfc8c0806120203n51d66bc7ub944bc97215d29b2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:03:35 +0200 From: "Valerio Daelli" To: "fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com" In-Reply-To: <4850E104.2090201@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> <20080611211821.GB25793@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4850E104.2090201@gmail.com> 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 09:03:36 -0000 On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:40 AM, fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com wrote: > 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 > I am able to compile world and kernel and the temperature of the cores is never higher than 67. I find it stable.