From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 13:47:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80B2D1065674 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:47:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pldrouin@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC6CA8FC08 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:47:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz15 with SMTP id 15so6022242bwz.13 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:47:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc:content-type; bh=4qcwHAUOlkJ3lqKgF2WV6ma61pwCpVDVkd63Y1LJyoc=; b=x/QG2QXdYGMeeLwPZj680LhJln351qOWFRO1G4fR+K72JkNqYbMrWOqDHUXWuWefAR U/M9jHvaMNWlWwQVcOtBBUVi4+p/aFgW+WIkYz91Hevb3tWVNs51FrlcPM9SCUtkQBgj PMwqyhsb1/Od36JnNXgBPIn+6CPbXQuAjFjFI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; b=FbVjJgc/BhTWMSAqqk00lSnQuWa/QZYADG1RMW/XiFF4exgY2QXMlhQLCky/jHJYMo OFxzjieoBoDz1uxwOG8aPr7eKnsSneYbsX47/a0Q287rJVejwbpYls7/jvtIHtsLph8F Qe24zoEEcpmywxfUFdV7AD30j/8m9sXtZyXys= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.67.77 with SMTP id q13mr8350233bki.214.1286286456741; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:47:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.59.137 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 06:47:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201010051531.48300.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> References: <201010051531.48300.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:47:36 -0400 Message-ID: From: Pierre-Luc Drouin Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Which OS for notebook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:47:38 -0000 Well, according to me FreeBSD works very well on desktops (except for CUDA), but I agree that its usage is extremely limited for laptops and netbooks. If I can't use ACPI or wireless on my laptop/netbook, I don't really see the point... Over the past 6 years I have tried many times to use FreeBSD on my laptops/netbooks but these problems always made me fall back to Linux... I still use FreeBSD as the only OS on my desktop computers though... On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Jonathan McKeown wrote: > On Tuesday 05 October 2010 13:31:08 Carmel wrote: > > > I have been tooling around with FreeBSD for a year or so now and I find > > it incredible that there is virtually no support for modern hardware; > > i.e., drivers for 'N' protocol devices. That one factor alone, and there > > are others, precludes me from seriously thinking about installing > > FreeBSD on a new laptop. The one PC that I have FreeBSD installed on is > > connected via Ethernet cable to my LAN. Once that PC is replaced by > > year's end with a more powerful, and wireless enabled unit, I am afraid > > my experiment with FreeBSD will come to a close. At present it > > certainly will not support the wireless card installed, and I am not > > even sure if it will support all of the other hardware either. > > > > I realize that at this point someone will inevitably chime in and play > > the "blame the manufacturers" whine. If that were factually correct, > > then no one else would be able to supply drivers and support for > > hardware that FreeBSD has left orphaned. > > > > The bottom line is that FreeBSD, if it is to continue to be considered > > a viable alternative operating system, must stay current in today's > > market. Many posts that I have viewed on other forums seem to feel that > > FreeBSD is sadly, whether do to bad choices such as those related to GPL > > licenses, or failure to properly gage today's market trends, is slipping > > into an abyss. > > So. What's the connection between freebsd.user@seibercom.net, > carmel_ny@hotmail.com and gesbbb@yahoo.com, who all post through > scorpio.seibercom.net, and who all have remarkably similar views on why > FreeBSD is a pile of rubbish? > > And in terms of keeping my killfile reasonably effective, is there any easy > way to filter out /all/ the sockpuppets at once? Or do I just need to keep > adding them one at a time? > > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >