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Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD suitable for my thinkpad T61 ?
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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

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