Re: What BSD distrib is the most Laptop Friendly?
From: Martin Schmitz (martin.schmitz_at_nexgo.de)
Date: 10/21/03
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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:10:12 +0200
clvrmnky <clvrmnky@coldmail.com.invalid> writes:
> Dake-Bonoism wrote:
>> I've been perusing the websites and FAQ's but I'm still a little
>> unclear as to which version is the most suited for a laptop install.
>> Any opinions?
>
> Not to fan any flames, but based on the intent of the FreeBSD project,
> this fork is probably the best for an Intel-based laptop. At least in
> terms of all the weird laptop hardware and devices being supported.
In my experience, FreeBSD is not suitable for Notebooks. Last time I
tried, it didn't support my cardbus controller (I guess, it didn't
support cardbus at all). And even if it would do so, there where no
support for my NIC/Modem Combo-Card.
NetBSD on the contrary works like a charme with this controller and card
(and even OpenBSD does while it's not supporting the modem part on this
pcmcia-card).
This is quite the same like my overall impression of *BSD. Every time I
tried to install FreeBSD somewhere I got stuck with some hardware issue,
while NetBSD feels quit 'snappy'.
Martin
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