Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:58:19 +0200 From: Alberto Rizzi <alberto@greenant.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD suitable for my thinkpad T61 ? Message-ID: <4853A44B.4070608@greenant.info> In-Reply-To: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> References: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com>
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fdu.xiaojf@gmail.com ha scritto: > 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, I have a T61, T7100, 1GB RAM, integrated graphics, 3945ABG... > > 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. > There are some problems with the 3945 wifi driver (wpi) but it works under 7-STABLE. If you have 4965AGN you need iwn driver which is only (i think) in -CURRENT (8.0) > 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. I run Matlab (maybe R14SP3 or something similar) under FreeBSD 7-STABLE on this laptop with linux_base-fc4. I use i386 and not x64 Checkout freebsd-mobile mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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