From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 5 13:38:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from edwin.mounet.com (edwin.mounet.com [216.145.76.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E02937B423 for ; Sat, 5 May 2001 13:38:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hornback@wireco.net) Received: (qmail 2171 invoked by uid 0); 5 May 2001 20:34:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO tomcat) (216.145.67.89) by mounet.com with SMTP; 5 May 2001 20:34:10 -0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Robert Gallimore" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: FreeBSD and laptops Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 16:38:25 -0400 Message-ID: <001001c0d5a3$5562d5a0$0e00000a@tomcat> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <3AF45ED9.6419DD47@itlnet.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Rules of thumb to look for, from what I've gathered...=20 1. Get a chipset that XFree supports (unless you're a command line = junkie, this is a necessity and will prevent premature gray hair) =09 2. If it's built-in, make sure it's supported in one way or another. = This goes for NICs, Modems, juicers, blenders, cappuchino machines, and = microwaves that companies are trying to stuff into laptops these days. 3. More of an addition to number 2... if it's not directly supported, = Ask yourself if you really need that functionality, and if you don't, = odds are you can find a cheaper laptop to do what you need to. --- Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Robert > Gallimore > Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 4:13 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: FreeBSD and laptops >=20 >=20 > Is free bsd compatible with laptops? if it is, what should i look for = in > terms of hardware compatibility and things like that? Also, what are = the > differences between FreeBSD and the popular GNU/Linux operating = system? > I am a computer science major looking for experience in UNIX. Any help > would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you. I am looking forward to your > reply. >=20 > Sincerely, >=20 > Robert Gallimore >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message