On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 9:42 am, Eric F Crist wrote: > Hello list, > > I've been using freebsd 4.x on a laptop for 6 months or so now, and > I'm not entirely happy with it. Mostly, it lacks multimedia > support and power management. I don't want to start some flame war > here, but here goes. > > Could some of you please send me an email telling me what OS you > utilize on your laptop, and why? I'm not looking for anyone > bashing any other OS, just why you use what you do. > > TIA
Ive got 5.2 on my ibm r40 notebook. I originally had mandrake on it but whenever I went to do anything I was frustrated by not knowing linux. Im using freebsd now because the comfort I have from just being able to make things work without having to think "oh this works differently" when I want to do anything. It has the comforting sameness of my servers and home machine. I can also rip down the latest sources from my cvsup mirror at work easily. Being the same as my servers I can trial stuff first on it before unleashing it on my unsuspecting users. Being always near power I have never thought about the power business so I cant say about it, likewise the modem. I never use it. With regards to the multimedia, what exactly doesnt work? Have you looked at the 5.x branch? If I was going to try linux again I would try suse. Its full of german goodness. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
