From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 13 18:59:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5321106564A for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:59:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rmacklem@uoguelph.ca) Received: from esa-annu.mail.uoguelph.ca (esa-annu.mail.uoguelph.ca [131.104.91.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74F688FC16 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:59:03 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ap0EAKLpHU6DaFvO/2dsb2JhbABThEajbrsIkQyBK4QAgQ8EkmGQaA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.65,526,1304308800"; d="scan'208";a="127149286" Received: from erie.cs.uoguelph.ca (HELO zcs3.mail.uoguelph.ca) ([131.104.91.206]) by esa-annu-pri.mail.uoguelph.ca with ESMTP; 13 Jul 2011 14:59:02 -0400 Received: from zcs3.mail.uoguelph.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by zcs3.mail.uoguelph.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 834AFB3F36; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:59:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:59:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Macklem To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <1829828854.535346.1310583542523.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [172.17.91.202] X-Mailer: Zimbra 6.0.10_GA_2692 (ZimbraWebClient - FF3.0 (Win)/6.0.10_GA_2692) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Zoran Kolic Subject: Re: recommendations for laptop and desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:59:03 -0000 Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Jul 13, 2011 7:31 AM, "Zoran Kolic" wrote: > > > > > There is this list for laptops: > > > http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ > > > > Been there. Seen that. Obsolete. > > My very idea would be to have recent models in some kind > > of wiki. I believe that at least hundred guys on the list > > could post quality articles on the subject regarding lap- > > tops they regurarly use. > > > > > See the recent thread on the freebsd-mobile list with subject > > > "Laptop > recommendations?" > > > > Mostly older stuff recommended. Hard to find or I dislike > > what I see on the review for particular model. > > Thank you for answering my question. > > > > Zoran > > I agree that a wiki would be ideal, but it would require active > management. > That's the real issue. > > It's also the reason wiki.FreeBSD.org would not be practical. I might > be > able to admin such a wiki, but I have no place to put it. But I'm > retired, > so I should have time. > I recently installed Fedora15 and I thought it had a fairly clever idea in it. At the end of the install (so presumably it had worked for the hardware), it asked you if you wanted to email your hardware config to them. Something that just captured such emails and put them in a list (especially if could catch duplicates) for people to look at might be nice. The list would get long (and not really indicate how well the hardware worked), but at least it would be up-to-date and not require manual maintenance. I'm not volunteering to do this;-) although I'm retired too, but it might be a useful thing to have? rick