RE: Nice compact lightweight powerful laptop ...
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http://www.zapatec.com/freebsd/laptop/ Google search term: FreeBSD 6.0 Laptop database I was able to get it running on my Sony Vaio S260(which isn't made anymore), with some adjustments. Even with a non-supported laptop it may be possible to get it to work with modifications, like with my Sony. 6.0 has expanded wireless support and I think WPA support: http://www.freebsdmall.com/~loader/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/wireless/article.html Good luck. You might check out PC-BSD. I've been using it since 0.6 and it's basically a pretty front end built on top of a FreeBSD system: http://www.pcbsd.org/?p=pcbsd . It's very robust and is getting better. I love it. Saves me a lot of configuration and setup time and comes pre-loaded with alot of things you'll find of use. Also uses a packaging system, using .pbi files, but supports the use of the ports tree. Check it out, you might find it saves you some time as well. Scott Renna > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Nice compact lightweight powerful laptop ... > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, March 24, 2006 9:14 am > To: [email protected] > > Since I will be travelling alot in the near future, I have been looking > into purchasing a nice, fancy laptop dedicated to running FreeBSD 6.x > and the Gnome desktop. > > It needs to be light-weight and portable for in the plane, support wifi, > have a long battery life, relatively fast graphics, 1GB memory and > around 2Ghz fast. > > There are so many choices out there that I do not know where to start. > Any suggestions would be helpful. > > Is there a known list somewhere of supported/tested laptops? > > Kind regards, > Kiffin > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"