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Laptop Selection For FreeBSD
Old personal notes, late 2004 or early 2005. Not written for
public, but for me, but might be of passing interest.
Hardware Compatibility Checking
Whole Laptop
Older laptops already sold in high volume by big
international firms, are more likely listed than laptops
new on the market, & laptops sold in lower volume by
local national companies.
Ask salesman if it supports Linux, & if so with
what problems
Use A Search
Engine & specify Laptop Model Number & word
FreeBSD or Linux
Each Chip & Driver
List of chips & cards supported for all devices, EG
Ethernet, Disc, Blue tooth etc. Page is not specific to
laptops, but has much useful info. (i386 architecture
means Intel type architecture from 386 to beyond 686
Pentium 4 etc)
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[Return to] my FreeBSD
page
Sundry URLs
From PC Answers Mag. in
UK
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