Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 19:14:09 -0500 (CDT) From: rasmith@tamu.edu To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... Message-ID: <20070511.191409.41966595.rasmith@aristotle.tamu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200705111520.17774.fcash@ocis.net> References: <001601c793a5$106c5310$6601a8c0@KGISH> <20070511175144.F69508@volatile.chemikals.org> <200705111520.17774.fcash@ocis.net>
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From: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:20:17 -0700 > The Satellite line of Toshiba laptops are pretty much crap. I've yet to > find a Satellite user that likes their laptop. Even when running Windows > XP on it. Getting non-Windows OSes running on them tends to be a > frustrating endeavor. May I introduce you to a Satellite user who likes his laptop? I haven't used FreeBSD on it (though my desktop and a couple of servers I admin are all 6.2-STABLE), but Ubuntu Linux is basically trouble free on my Satellite U205. I bought it in December and installed Ubuntu Edgy immediately (all hardware detected without trouble). The only issues are the fingerprint reader (never bothered to try) and suspend-to-ram suspend-to-disk works fine). Very sharp screen, light weight, nice keyboard feel, solidly built. I suppose this is a little off-topic since I haven't tried FreeBSD on it, but it's a relevant data point. Robin Smith
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