Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:26:42 +0400 From: Igor Robul <igorr@speechpro.com> To: Eddie Colon <ecr959@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new convert Message-ID: <42CA4442.3010604@speechpro.com> In-Reply-To: <20050703150207.4952.qmail@web30015.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050703150207.4952.qmail@web30015.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Hello. Eddie Colon wrote: >Hello > > I will be a new FreeBSD user as soon as I receive my DVD. I am >a Linux user for a few yrs now. I have a few concerns, I hope you >can answer me, I don't belong to any mailing lists. I don't think >there are any user groups down here in Puerto Rico. > > FreeBSD in general supports "consumer hardware" worse than various Linux distributives, so you will have problems. >1- Can you tell me if it has trouble detecting built-in >modems? I have a notebook, an HP nx9020 and it's built-in modem uses >the conexant chipset, My SuSE 9.3 had trouble with that until I got >a 3rd party driver from www.linuxant.com. So, will run into the same >thing with freebsd? > > I dont think that you'll be able use this modem :-( with FreeBSD >2- I have a HP scanjet 4600 scanner (usb) that doesn't have a linux >driver... either from HP themselves or from the linux community. I >can use it with my old windows desktop , but not with linux. Can >you suggest any possible FreeBSD solution? > > usanner(4) suppors 4300C, so maybe it will support 4600, but in general you must expect problems. >3- Will FreeBSD detect my Palm cradle (usb)? I use my PDA alot. >I really like Jpilot as my pda gui app. Do you know of other Jpilot >users that use FreeBSD ? > > > Maybe it will work.
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