From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 17:06:06 2008 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 84859106566B for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:06:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@ozzmosis.com) Received: from smtp.mel.people.net.au (smtp.mel.people.net.au [218.214.17.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 972138FC1D for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:06:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@ozzmosis.com) Received: (qmail 26327 invoked from network); 22 Apr 2008 17:06:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO blizzard.dnsalias.org) (218.215.153.152) by smtp.mel.people.net.au with SMTP; 22 Apr 2008 17:06:03 -0000 Received: by blizzard.dnsalias.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BE5BD17059; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:06:02 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:06:02 +1000 From: andrew clarke To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080422170602.GA44361@ozzmosis.com> References: <000001c8a355$493496b0$6400a8c0@ATTALINO78QBFR> <35F1BF4D34003AFF570D96C2@Macintosh.local> <20080421215741.T1721@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080422153217.GA36675@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080422153217.GA36675@slackbox.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Subject: Re: BSD Computers 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, 22 Apr 2008 17:06:06 -0000 On Tue 2008-04-22 17:32:17 UTC+0200, Roland Smith (rsmith@xs4all.nl) wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 09:58:29PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > >> FreeBSD, like all open source systems (that I know of), publishes a > >> hardware compatibility list [1] that you can consult to see if the > >> hardware you intend to purchase is supported. In general, most major > >> manufacturers' systems will work fine, although the newest systems can > >> sometimes be problematic. > > > most desktop/servers. not laptops. all lenovo/ibm works fine but this is > > exception. most laptops can run only windoze. > > I've got a secondhand Dell Latitude C610 that runs FreeBSD perfectly. > Before that I had a Compaq Armada M700 that also worked perfectly. I have an old secondhand Asus L8400 that runs GNOME under FreeBSD 7.0 surprisingly well, given its age. Not sure about the power management features or the infrared port, though.