Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:54:27 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Reg Me Please <regmeplease@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on laptops Message-ID: <48E4E0A3.8000201@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <200810021621.52597.regmeplease@gmail.com> References: <200810021621.52597.regmeplease@gmail.com>
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Reg Me Please wrote: > Hi all. > > I'm considering to move from Linux to FreeBSD on my main laptop. > I don't have enough time resources for the "test and try" process > I'd like to know from the community what is the status for: > 0. Core2 Duo CPUs > 1. Support for modern chipsets (ICH8) > 2. support for power management (mostly ACPI and CPU clock freq. ) on laptops > 3. support for accelerated graphic cards (nVidia GeForce 8600M GT) My understanding is that hardware acceleration for nVidia video cards is not available for the amd64 versions of FreeBSD. > 4. support for Intel wifi (4965 AGN) Available under CURRENT. I think there are backported patches available for STABLE, but I don't know how reliable they are. > 5. support for other hardware like audio, card readers, i-Link, USB > I have NOT been successful getting audio to work on the Dell Inspiron 1525. So .... > And, of course, any advise about FreeBSD on laptops will be highly > appreciated. ... if you want audio and all the other bells and whistles, don't go with the Dell Inspiron 1525. > > Thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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