Any UNIX Laptops here? - Page 2

imortality is right, os x is on the slower end as far as BSD systems go. My 866mhz P3 desktop ran PC-BSD (based on FreeBSD) MUCH FASTER than the current gen eMacs and iBooks.

Any UNIX Laptops here? -- YES !

before i had a Acer travelmate 6003LCi with SuSE 9.1/9.2/9.3
and ALL worked straight OUT of the box !! to the fullest professional satisfaction!

now i have an Acer Ferrari 4005WLMi AMD turion x86_64 and all works perfect as well with SuSE linux 10 DVD

in fact i use various laptops under SuSE Linux since 1998 - earlier several different toshiba models - now Acer laptops.
all laptops had all basic functions fully supported so far.
acer has all features fully supported - hence i stay with acer for now.

Linux != Unix

the average user will have no need for a 64bit linux distro, and its clear that the initiator of this post is very new to the linux or unix world.

even if you get a 64bit chip a 32bit distro will be fine, as if your new the tweaks of a 64bit release could be more pain than its worth while getting to grips.

Linux...average user...there is an oxymoron in there somewhere

Ubuntu, Linspire, Mepis, Libranet, SUSE, Mandrake, and Fedora Core are all designed with the "average user" in mind.

OMG!! www.tadpolecomputer.com Dual BullFrog Laptop

Dual 1.2 GHz UltraSPARC® IIIi processors
Up to 16GB DRAM
Large 17.1" SXGA TFT LCD Display
Full Length, 66 MHz, 64 -bit PCI Expansion Slot
Dual 2.5" High Performance Disk Drives
Integrated DVD/CD-RW Drive

Well, Sun now has the Sparc T1, which is an ultra-low-wattage CPU with up to eight cores:

http://www.sun.com/processors/UltraSPARC-T1/

That's going to be more attractive for a Sparc notebook. I'm sure that Tadpole is already working on one...

--TSK

OMG!! www.tadpolecomputer.com Dual BullFrog Laptop

Dual 1.2 GHz UltraSPARC® IIIi processors
Up to 16GB DRAM
Large 17.1" SXGA TFT LCD Display
Full Length, 66 MHz, 64 -bit PCI Expansion Slot
Dual 2.5" High Performance Disk Drives
Integrated DVD/CD-RW Drive



no battery not that it needs one and its 4" thick

I don't agree. The mac's fit a niche market that's becoming much more mainstream. They cater to people that don't want to be bothered with understanding the os, maintaining it and repairing it. They are also very visually pleasing, something linux is not out of the box in most cases.

The problem with macs is that apple is a HUGE pioneering supporter of DRM and other methods to control your data. The reality is that companies, like sony, will only abuse drm. Linux and open solaris are a sure-fire way to never have to worry about corporate abuse as long as the source code stays open.

I am running Suse 9.3 on an emachines m6805 with absolutely NO problems. BUT, I am running 32-bit. The reason is... that I want EVERYTHING to work. In 32-bit EVERYTHING does work!! Even the 56K modem works out of the box, as does everything EXCEPT wireless and accelerated graphics. (Those are not too bad to set up with ndiswrapper and ATI's latest proprietary Linux driver.)

In 64-bit Suse 9.3, the 56K modem is the only device that will NOT work (It does not work in 64-bit Windows either) , but every other device WILL work. This includes firewire, usb2 ports, cf card reader, sd card reader, accelerated graphics, dvd playback, synaptics touchpad, and cd burner. (Of cource, ndiswrapper must be used for wireless, and ATI's proprietary drivers must be used for accelerated graphics.)

The things that do NOT work in 64-bit Windows OR 64-bit Linux is 32-bit video codecs, and Macromedia's flashplayer. What this means is that I cannot view any web site that depends on flash and I cannot view videos that are formatted for 32-bit graphics codecs (nearly every video in existence). This is not acceptable for me... so I use 32-bit Suse 9.3.

(I know abf doesn't like this, but I like KDE, so this is OK with me. But abf is within his/her rights to like Gnome better.)

Please forgive the profuse use of shouting, but I have been drinking.

Look into 32-bit Chroots and dchroot.

It a good thing, if a bit of work.

Seablade