On 2003-10-21, clvrmnky <clvrmnky@coldmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> Dake-Bonoism wrote:
>> I've been perusing the websites and FAQ's but I'm still a little
>> unclear as to which version is the most suited for a laptop install.
>>
>> Any opinions?
>
> Not to fan any flames, but based on the intent of the FreeBSD project,
> this fork is probably the best for an Intel-based laptop. At least in
> terms of all the weird laptop hardware and devices being supported.

Last I heard the FreeBSD 4.x series didn't support CardBus (32bit
pcmcia cards) which could put a bit of a damper on the hardware
support. I can't speak to the availablility of other bells and
whistles though.

> A lot of bleeding edge tech is supported on Intel boxes under FreeBSD
> and (alternatively) Linux. The focus of OpenBSD and NetBSD might
> suggest you might have to do a bit more tweaking to get all the bells
> and whistles working.

It seems to me that NetBSD is often the first to support new
hardware stuff, though I don't know how much tweaking is involved.

--
Stephen Paskaluk