From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 4 14:34:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5BD1065677 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:34:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mubeeshalivm@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14DE48FC24 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:34:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj23 with SMTP id 23so2502998gwj.13 for ; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:34:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Rk10g/zIq8JtymIR6ie7rwB2Oas2apo5v+7pdl0Zt9w=; b=L58bP3FKOWK6x4Zr7Svbwe4l2gQBId0pX52yhEKQkRduxCwAFnPoVVK4u9baYv6Di3 2dnWje9axYtscAnxg5SLS01VsORDdhwMEJWNS6LBpy0vxd6GgjqWM0BZAuFS4ppxevjF Flbbw1sn1DtWBIU9T9Hr9Ook2n7L/shcix3dY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=p9KyGsE0zPEargU2DRHag4UOYg3tZlqshy5TOMzUPADpKyub1IvN4K1H9BsEoCxiXA XZt3P42Xua6o5kaI7m+PqwfImwI5zAokA2iWfeHKk58YM7dbmlFFdzHPpl6NzvbL4YKC NSjE/1vLRDzptTz51vx7sZZwwoURsDipGHYDM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.117.13 with SMTP id p13mr10902505ybc.20.1280932441333; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:34:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.166.141 with HTTP; Wed, 4 Aug 2010 07:34:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C596CA5.9090706@gmail.com> References: <20100804132800.298731CC3A@ptavv.es.net> <4C596CA5.9090706@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:04:01 +0530 Message-ID: From: Mubeesh ali To: Glen Barber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free bsd on laptops X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:34:02 -0000 thank you Glen,Kevin ,David. Your suggestions are very helpful . appreciate it :-). thanks, Mubeesh On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 8/4/10 9:28 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 17:29:05 +0530 > >> From: > >> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > >> > >> Hi , > >> > >> Thanks david for your detailed reply. > >> > >> I hope these would work in a bsd laptop: > >> > >> > >> ATI or NVIDIA graphics card > > ATI is open source friendly. NVIDIA is not. Still, both generally work. > > > >> hibernate or suspend functionality > > Very platform and BIOS sensitive. It is hit and miss. > > > >> touchpad > > Never seen much of problem. Full "Synaptics" support. Just works. > > > >> built in wireless card mostly Intel dot11 N wireless cards > >> datacard ;make qualcomm (bsnl evdo mmx 300 ) > > Hi, > > If you are planning on purchasing a laptop from your local electronics > shop, you might consider burning a PC-BSD DVD, and booting into the live > OS. > > If they won't let you do that, find another shop. > > Regards, > > - -- > Glen Barber > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMWWylAAoJEFJPDDeguUajEkEH/RfpBhn/2j5eaV8m6juBb+kv > whZo3KDWw/SmZMX0jKkI6fXXztd1pzAzRe1bZzutvssYV3IDTOMoTs9QMHzBZad1 > Pg4KmqN6IS464T659nfGt47qTx5pwhXM0+PbwWpJiQIwMNy0C3Kg/6wqZBQ1c8mV > qd3RAfXSAYZ1GoAwKbYnE/SqD5MAWpFHmJb4e6SJcsQocQ8dV9Unb0zZz3w9YJGp > eQWgGo9c9EDaqc+7z9E0+30ZWUCJSD3qFHox3gSj6BsROwAwWe3+3/FxUHnTfyk6 > cKyz3ynK92pjzJWR+FN6V4aFP2FR6JwvwNVrkk/12hUJ5YKkNojOTdF/uhEEqkk= > =dnuu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- Best Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M