From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Jun 12 07:57:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA25334 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 07:57:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.venus.net (ns1.venus.net [205.243.72.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA25310 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 07:57:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leclaire@sprintmail.com) Received: from farout (ve-dial12.venus.net [205.243.75.14]) by ns1.venus.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA04052 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 09:57:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 09:57:28 -0500 (EST) From: Andre LeClaire To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: re: Caveat Emptor Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >I'm looking to buy a laptop for when I go away to college and was >wondering what I should keep in mind as far as FreeBSD support goes, >since there isn't a good breakdown in the Handbook or the FAQ (i.e., >"stay away from this" or "this is good", etc.). Please reply to my >address with your comments as I am not subscribed to the list (but feel >free to CC the list, of course). Thanks in advance. You didn't specify if you were looking for a new or used laptop, so my recommendation will fall into the "used" category. I've been running 2.2.6-STABLE on my Toshiba Satellite T2115CS (486DX4-75 Processor, 20MB RAM, 330MB HD, 640x480 SVGA), and have been most happy with it. It's done everything I need, including running XFree86 and Netscape. BTW, has anybody thought of adding a mobile page to www.freebsd.org? Not to detract from PAO, but it *is* now possible to run stock FreeBSD on laptops, and IMO it would be a good idea to publicize it. Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message