Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:23:02 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which OS for notebook Message-ID: <4CAA1B86.6010906@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <201010050055.21381.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> References: <AANLkTin644c3dZ0NNbJzeqXvuyLwTF67Ed=zJSoM9w6g@mail.gmail.com> <201010050055.21381.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
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On 10/04/10 17:55, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Monday 04 October 2010 12:11:30 Leandro F Silva wrote: >> >> Which OS are you using on your notebook, FreeBSD / Linux or MAC ? >> Also, can you tell us the hardware, Sony / HP etc.. > > there is no general answer. > > You must select an individual model first and see then if the hardware is supported. > > I use normally FreeBSD 7 or 8 but I installed Fedora on a single machine as there is no driver for the LAN available in FreeBSD. > > If I remember right, wireless was not a problem there. > > So, choose a model and ask then again. > > Ok, I have FreeBSD 7 running on an older Fujitsu Lifebook. 8.0 gave me problems with USB. > > Erich > _______________________________________________ > 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" > I would rather find a machine which will run FreeBSD if possible. If possible go to a laptop shop with a bootable USB stick (memstick.img) and try booting different machines. Collect dmesg and pciconf output to study at your leisure. I have a HP nc6320 which runs 8.* fine except for the card reader and sleep/resume functions. chris
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