From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 20 22:51:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F1A616A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:51:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.praemunio.com (mail.praemunio.com [66.179.47.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AC38343D2F for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:51:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank@knobbe.us) Received: from localhost (HELO mail.knobbe.us) by localhost with SMTP; 21 Mar 2004 00:51:29 -0600 Received: from localhost (HELO ??) by localhost with SMTP; 21 Mar 2004 00:51:27 -0600 From: Frank Knobbe To: ecrist@adtechintegrated.com In-Reply-To: <200403201743.14451.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> References: <200403201743.14451.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-lkMZb5JS0vk0K+LpJ5BP" Message-Id: <1079851883.474.111.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 00:51:24 -0600 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 06:51:31 -0000 --=-lkMZb5JS0vk0K+LpJ5BP Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 17:42, Eric F Crist wrote: > Could some of you please send me an email telling me what OS you utilize = on=20 > your laptop, and why? I'm not looking for anyone bashing any other OS, j= ust=20 > why you use what you do. I use FreeBSD 4.8 on my Dell Inspiron laptop. Everything works including video, audio, PC card, DVD, firewire, USB, and APM. Perhaps your problem is not so much the OS but the laptop. It would help to tell us what kind of laptop you have. Why I use BSD? Mainly for stability, usability, performance and security reasons.=20 Regards, Frank --=-lkMZb5JS0vk0K+LpJ5BP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAXTtrJjGc5ftAw8wRArC2AJ95fjy7LTdSEnXC3s4dGM2lxZHjQQCfQBcb FHCaG8tR6sRCGUcW/8EvXbQ= =Rujc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-lkMZb5JS0vk0K+LpJ5BP--