Well, according to me FreeBSD works very well on desktops (except for CUDA), but I agree that its usage is extremely limited for laptops and netbooks. If I can't use ACPI or wireless on my laptop/netbook, I don't really see the point... Over the past 6 years I have tried many times to use FreeBSD on my laptops/netbooks but these problems always made me fall back to Linux... I still use FreeBSD as the only OS on my desktop computers though...
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Jonathan McKeown <j.mcke...@ru.ac.za> wrote: > On Tuesday 05 October 2010 13:31:08 Carmel wrote: > > > I have been tooling around with FreeBSD for a year or so now and I find > > it incredible that there is virtually no support for modern hardware; > > i.e., drivers for 'N' protocol devices. That one factor alone, and there > > are others, precludes me from seriously thinking about installing > > FreeBSD on a new laptop. The one PC that I have FreeBSD installed on is > > connected via Ethernet cable to my LAN. Once that PC is replaced by > > year's end with a more powerful, and wireless enabled unit, I am afraid > > my experiment with FreeBSD will come to a close. At present it > > certainly will not support the wireless card installed, and I am not > > even sure if it will support all of the other hardware either. > > > > I realize that at this point someone will inevitably chime in and play > > the "blame the manufacturers" whine. If that were factually correct, > > then no one else would be able to supply drivers and support for > > hardware that FreeBSD has left orphaned. > > > > The bottom line is that FreeBSD, if it is to continue to be considered > > a viable alternative operating system, must stay current in today's > > market. Many posts that I have viewed on other forums seem to feel that > > FreeBSD is sadly, whether do to bad choices such as those related to GPL > > licenses, or failure to properly gage today's market trends, is slipping > > into an abyss. > > So. What's the connection between freebsd.u...@seibercom.net, > carmel...@hotmail.com and ges...@yahoo.com, who all post through > scorpio.seibercom.net, and who all have remarkably similar views on why > FreeBSD is a pile of rubbish? > > And in terms of keeping my killfile reasonably effective, is there any easy > way to filter out /all/ the sockpuppets at once? Or do I just need to keep > adding them one at a time? > > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
