Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:46:10 -0500 From: Jessica Mahoney <root@varusonline.com> To: Alaksiej C <ac@belngo.info>, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Laptop] Battery Time Message-ID: <474F08F2.1050506@varusonline.com> In-Reply-To: <5709ce310711290752i42bcb91ey5555c84aef00d628@mail.gmail.com> References: <474E80CD.3020803@varusonline.com> <5709ce310711290752i42bcb91ey5555c84aef00d628@mail.gmail.com>
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Alaksiej, I used Kubuntu 7.04 for the linux system. For FreeBSD, I had to use FreeBSD 7.0, since FreeBSD 6.2-R could not boot (no matter what I did, it just wouldn't work). As for the laptop's hardware, it came with a Broadcom BCM4321AG (14e4:4328) Mini-PCIe card, which I removed since it doesn't work at all in FreeBSD and constantly dropped the connection in Linux. For wireless, I'm now using a Linksys WUSBF54G, which requires the zyd(4) module. Other than that, the machine is all OEM. Why FreeBSD 6.2-R would not work: Normal boot: hardlock on attach of hard drive (ad4) ACPI Disabled: hardlock on attach of network (nfe0) ACPI and nfe disabled: hardlock on attach of hard drive (ad4) FreeBSD 6.2-R does not seem to like the nVidia MCP51 Serial ATA controller, but FreeBSD 7.0 is just fine. Started with FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT 200709 and now have 7.0-BETA3. Must use GRUB to load the loader (but the CD boots fine). ~Jessica Alaksiej C wrote: > Thanks Jessica, it's interesting. Would you please attach some details > (linux distro, FreeBSD version, out-of-the-box or tweaked)? I will you > use it to persuade my linux-loving friend :) > > Thank you in advance. > > On 11/29/07, *Jessica Mahoney* <root@varusonline.com > <mailto:root@varusonline.com>> wrote: > > Thinking about this for a while, I decided to post it. May not be > much, > but it is something. > > In July 2007 I acquired a brand new Compaq Presario V6000Z laptop. It > came with the "High Capacity 6-Cell Battery" (6,000 mAh battery), > an AMD > Turion 64 X2 @ 1.8GHz, and I also got the "Imprint Finish" so I could > get the FireWire and additional USB ports. For what it is, $1,000 > wasn't that bad. > > It came with Windows Vista Home Basic. This system took about two > minutes to boot, and sucked the battery dry in 90 minutes, even > with all > power-saving settings enabled (eeps!). > > Then I installed Linux on it. Linux had some serious stability > issues, > and even with everything I did, it was never all that stable, but it > booted in about a minute. Linux did do better with battery time, > clocking 2 hours. True, that's not much better, but still. > > Well, I've been using FreeBSD for my servers, and I have had a few > FreeBSD desktops off and on over the years, so I decided to give it a > shot. After installing FreeBSD and configuring the kernel/world, and > then installing some ports, I noticed something wildly different, so > different, that its freaking amazing. FreeBSD boots in a mere fifteen > seconds (kernel: 11s; services: 2s; gdm+Xorg: instant; gnome-desktop: > 2s). FreeBSD is just as amazing with battery time, as I can now > get not > just two, but four hours of battery time. Plus, its just as > rock-solid-will-keep-running-until-the-sun-blows-up stable as I > remember > from every other machine I've used as a FreeBSD desktop. > > Quick recap: > Windows Vista: 2 minute boot, 90 minutes of battery > Linux: one minute boot, 120 minutes of battery > FreeBSD: 15 second boot, 240 minutes of battery > > FreeBSD is pure awesomeness, made of awesome and win, featuring Power, > Performance, Stability, and Reliability. I have also learned (from my > laptop) that FreeBSD is also a Green OS, as it causes the hardware to > use less power than other systems. > > > ~Jessica > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > >
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