Re: Simple question

From: Teilhard Knight (teilhk_at_privacy.net)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:38:25 -0600

"God Rudy" <rudy@rudyspc.attic.ccc> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.03.10.16.07.16.358658@rudyspc.attic.ccc...
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:56:26 -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote:
>
>>
>> Do you recommend OpenBSD for a laptop?
>>
>> Teilhard.
>
> I have OpenBSD 3.6 on A IBM ThinkPad 600E.
> Works well for what i want and expect.
> I installed OpenBSD because I had problems getting the wireless card
> running in Slackware Linux. The next try was OpenBSD. It worked!
> But you have the bigger selection of browsers and other applications
> in FreeBSD or Linux.
>
> Using OpenBSD because it works!

I just bought this laptop and seems to be cutting-edge technology. I want to
install FreeBDS and Mandrake there, but I wonder if they will manage with my
wireless adapter. I guess the only way to know is to install and see, huh? 

-- 
Teilhard Knight
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