Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:55:57 -0400 From: "Eric Mesa" <ericsbinaryworld@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 212, Issue 5 Message-ID: <582715960804221155l4a44c883k1e602b2e18a21300@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080422120020.B0B6E10656C1@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20080422120020.B0B6E10656C1@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:00 AM, <freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:58:29 +0200 (CEST) > From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> > Subject: Re: BSD Computers > To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jerry Rukavina > <j.rukavina@attalin.com> > Message-ID: <20080421215741.T1721@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > 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. > > > If you must use a laptop and desire the *nix experience, use Linux. Ubuntu tends to work really well with laptops. At least it does on my Acer and my brother's Dell. For desktops you're probably fine with FreeBSD. I've run it on everything from ancient computers to newer (but not newest - because I don't have one) equipment and it works just fine. Of course, the ancient ones need to run without a GUI, but you can do lots without a GUI. For example, I use them as part of a Blender render farm. -- Eric Mesa http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com
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