free bsd on laptops

[Mubeesh ali]

thank you Glen,Kevin ,David.   Your suggestions are very helpful .
appreciate it :-).

thanks,
Mubeesh

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber at gmail.com> wrote:

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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,
>
> - --
> Glen Barber
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Best  Regards,

Mubeesh Ali.V.M