Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:45:58 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suitable laptops Message-ID: <20080201184558.GB19010@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <OF9DB34F26.013B3345-ON882573DF.007297B8-882573DF.0073103C@dot.ca.gov> References: <OF9DB34F26.013B3345-ON882573DF.007297B8-882573DF.0073103C@dot.ca.gov>
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On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:56:58PM -0800, Lee Shackelford wrote: > > Dear FreeBSD enthusiast. Greetings. Is anyone aware of a list of laptop > computers on which it is especially easy to install FreeBSD, or conversely, > on which it is unusually difficult to install FreeBSD? Alternately, does > anyone know of a vendor who offers a laptop with FreeBSD pre-installed? > If this question has been answered before, it is sufficient to direct me to > the location of the answer. Many thanks for your assistance. Yours truly, > L e e S h a c k e l f o r d @ d o t . c a . g o v I've had really good luck with Thinkpads. Because they're among the best laptops available, open source developers tend to focus on supporting them faster than a lot of other laptops. It's the best of both worlds. Also . . . Lenovo is selling some Thinkpad models with SuSE Linux installed. Those are likely to be better supported by FreeBSD than other models, I would imagine. Aside from that, I think the FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List brought up by others should be useful: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] They always say that when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade. I always wonder -- isn't the lemonade going to suck if life doesn't give you any sugar?
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