From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 31 20:05:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA03177 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:05:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-10.mail.demon.net [193.195.0.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA03143 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:04:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from IanG@tirnanog.demon.co.uk) From: IanG@tirnanog.demon.co.uk Received: from tirnanog.demon.co.uk ([158.152.27.172]) by post.mail.demon.net id aa1013661; 1 Apr 98 4:00 GMT To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A few questions Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 04:00:54 GMT Reply-To: IanG@tirnanog.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <3521ba75.27222888@post.demon.co.uk> References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:34:42 -0500 (EST), you wrote: > >> >(3) I purchased a notebook recently. I know there is PAO package, >> > but would like to know which of FreeBSD or Linux is easy to >> > install on a notebook(Toshiba 730XCDT)? > >Any idea on this, anybody? With FreeBSD 2.2.6 the PAO stuff IS integrated into the main package so provided your machine and peripherals were supported with PAO 2.2.5 you should be able to just install 2.2.6 off the CD or web site and have everything just go.... The Linux camp have made prodigious efforts in their support of laptops. I don't know if they support out of the base package but there are many very good web sites devoted to running Linux on a Laptop. A visit to your search engine of choice might be in order! Given you are already familiar with FreeBSD it would probably make sense to stick with what you know unless specific component incompatibilities make this impossible or you really want to try a new OS. You should check out the list of supported hardware at the PAO site. You might even find someone who has bothered to report your machine working! http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO regards, Ian "Laughing at ya!" - Funkadelic. PGP Key Available on PGP ServerRing. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message