Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-22 Thread anubis
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 9:42 am, Eric F Crist wrote: Hello list, I've been using freebsd 4.x on a laptop for 6 months or so now, and I'm not entirely happy with it. Mostly, it lacks multimedia support and power management. I don't want to start some flame war here, but here goes. Could some

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-22 Thread Uwe Laverenz
Eric F Crist wrote: Could some of you please send me an email telling me what OS you utilize on your laptop, and why? I'm not looking for anyone bashing any other OS, just why you use what you do. I run FreeBSD 5.2.1 (RELENG_5_2) on my IBM A31 now and everything works well for me. Before I

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-21 Thread Volker Kindermann
Hello Eric, I've been using freebsd 4.x on a laptop for 6 months or so now, and I'm not entirely happy with it. Mostly, it lacks multimedia support and power management. I don't want to start some flame war here, but here goes. Could some of you please send me an email telling me what

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-21 Thread John Mills
Eric, Freebies - I ended up with Linux for some specific reasons. YMMV. On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 17:42, Eric F Crist wrote: Could some of you please send me an email telling me what OS you utilize on your laptop, and why? I'm not looking for anyone bashing any other OS, just why you use what

Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-20 Thread Eric F Crist
Hello list, I've been using freebsd 4.x on a laptop for 6 months or so now, and I'm not entirely happy with it. Mostly, it lacks multimedia support and power management. I don't want to start some flame war here, but here goes. Could some of you please send me an email telling me what OS you

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-20 Thread Remko Lodder
Eric F Crist wrote: Hello list, I've been using freebsd 4.x on a laptop for 6 months or so now, and I'm not entirely happy with it. Mostly, it lacks multimedia support and power management. I don't want to start some flame war here, but here goes. Could some of you please send me an email

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-20 Thread Frank Knobbe
On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 17:42, Eric F Crist wrote: Could some of you please send me an email telling me what OS you utilize on your laptop, and why? I'm not looking for anyone bashing any other OS, just why you use what you do. I use FreeBSD 4.8 on my Dell Inspiron laptop. Everything works