Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:04:01 +0530 From: Mubeesh ali <mubeeshalivm@gmail.com> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free bsd on laptops Message-ID: <AANLkTikkDOBtKHTMP-pncDObtS%2BnwxpehPAOSsyicsi1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C596CA5.9090706@gmail.com> References: <20100804132800.298731CC3A@ptavv.es.net> <4C596CA5.9090706@gmail.com>
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thank you Glen,Kevin ,David. Your suggestions are very helpful . appreciate it :-). thanks, Mubeesh On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 8/4/10 9:28 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 17:29:05 +0530 > >> From: > >> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > >> > >> Hi , > >> > >> Thanks david for your detailed reply. > >> > >> I hope these would work in a bsd laptop: > >> > >> > >> ATI or NVIDIA graphics card > > ATI is open source friendly. NVIDIA is not. Still, both generally work. > > > >> hibernate or suspend functionality > > Very platform and BIOS sensitive. It is hit and miss. > > > >> touchpad > > Never seen much of problem. Full "Synaptics" support. Just works. > > > >> built in wireless card mostly Intel dot11 N wireless cards > >> datacard ;make qualcomm (bsnl evdo mmx 300 ) > > Hi, > > If you are planning on purchasing a laptop from your local electronics > shop, you might consider burning a PC-BSD DVD, and booting into the live > OS. > > If they won't let you do that, find another shop. > > Regards, > > - -- > Glen Barber > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMWWylAAoJEFJPDDeguUajEkEH/RfpBhn/2j5eaV8m6juBb+kv > whZo3KDWw/SmZMX0jKkI6fXXztd1pzAzRe1bZzutvssYV3IDTOMoTs9QMHzBZad1 > Pg4KmqN6IS464T659nfGt47qTx5pwhXM0+PbwWpJiQIwMNy0C3Kg/6wqZBQ1c8mV > qd3RAfXSAYZ1GoAwKbYnE/SqD5MAWpFHmJb4e6SJcsQocQ8dV9Unb0zZz3w9YJGp > eQWgGo9c9EDaqc+7z9E0+30ZWUCJSD3qFHox3gSj6BsROwAwWe3+3/FxUHnTfyk6 > cKyz3ynK92pjzJWR+FN6V4aFP2FR6JwvwNVrkk/12hUJ5YKkNojOTdF/uhEEqkk= > =dnuu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- Best Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M
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