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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.walltech.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news1.iamerica.net!xavier.varmm.com!not-for-mail From: AJ Musgrove <musgrove@xavier.varmm.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD (current) good for Laptops? Date: 20 Nov 1996 16:21:08 GMT Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 30 Message-ID: <56vb5k$k8j@news1.iamerica.net> References: <87pw1jarx5.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.81.50.10 X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 960917] Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> wrote: : Hello, : I just bought a Laptop and want to put Unix on it. : I heard some people say that Linux has better support for Laptop : specific things (what support exactly is needed? PCMCIA? Power saving : mode?) : Is this really true? I would really prefer FreeBSD but wonder what : problems/deficiencies I might encounter. Let me add in my $0.02 here because I'm wonderin the same thing. I have a IBM ThinkPad 486/DX 50mhz, 8M RAM, 170M hard disk, and an Active Matrix monitor. Yes, I realize the HD is small, but I was thinking of a minimum installation. Does this sound possible? Also, it would be nice to have the base development tools and the X package, but I really think i might be pushing the limits there. Any thoughts? -- AJ Musgrove ---------------------------------------------------------------- My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, or anyone else for that matter. O- ----------------------------------------------------------------