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From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>
Subject: FreeBSD (current) good for Laptops?
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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 22:07:34 GMT

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.

Thanks in advance,

-- 
Peter Mutsaers  |  Abcoude (Utrecht), |  Trust is a good quality
plm@xs4all.nl   |  the Netherlands    |  for other people to have
-- 
Peter Mutsaers  |  Abcoude (Utrecht), |  Trust is a good quality
plm@xs4all.nl   |  the Netherlands    |  for other people to have