free bsd on laptops

[Glen Barber]

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On 8/4/10 9:28 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 17:29:05 +0530
>> From: 
>> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
>>
>> Hi ,
>>
>> Thanks david for your  detailed reply.
>>
>> I hope these would work in a bsd laptop:
>>
>>
>> ATI or NVIDIA graphics card
> ATI is open source friendly. NVIDIA is not. Still, both generally work.
> 
>> hibernate or suspend functionality
> Very platform and BIOS sensitive. It is hit and miss.
> 
>> touchpad
> Never seen much of  problem. Full "Synaptics" support. Just works.
> 
>> built in wireless card  mostly  Intel dot11 N wireless cards
>> datacard ;make qualcomm (bsnl evdo mmx 300 )

Hi,

If you are planning on purchasing a laptop from your local electronics
shop, you might consider burning a PC-BSD DVD, and booting into the live OS.

If they won't let you do that, find another shop.

Regards,

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Glen Barber
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