On Tuesday 18 November 2008 12:27:42 Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > If you're thinking of trying out FreeBSD, then this is the right place to > > come. A word of warning though: it's not at all like Windows, or even > > MacOSX. You will be expected to learn quite a bit about the low level > > MacOSX can run unix programs, but in every other respect is not like unix > as you said. > > > nitty-gritty of the OS in order to achieve the best results. Of course, > > the "best results" are very good indeed, and in my humble opinion, well > > worth the effort required. > > > > Installing on laptop type hardware is a tricky proposition: it's very > > much luck of the draw whether your particular model has sufficient driver > > support > > For FreeBSD supported laptops Lenovo as generally good choice.
Not anymore. They were when it was still IBM. Some in-depth discussion here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2008-July/010831.html And of course, there's: http://www.ixsystems.com/products/bsd-laptop.html -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
