Re: Best Laptop to buy for Freebsd Without OS?
> > After deciding I could not really buy a computer locally, I ordered my latest > machine from "Freedom Included, Inc" from in the US. > http://freedomincluded.com/product/lemote-yeeloong/ > > It is a MIPS-based subnotebook shipping with gNewSense (Linux distro). I > don't think it is what the OP was looking for since it won't even run Windows > without qemu (3hour+ compile for all targets). It is also a relatively small > machine (netbook size). I am also not sure if the wireless would be supported > in freeBSD. > freedomincluded@freedomincluded:~$ lsusb > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B > Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter > Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 > multicard reader > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > (Camera not listed) > > Regards, > > James Phillips I highly doubt the OP wants a Yeeloong. I have two (and cannot recommend Dan enough, he's a very cool guy) and I love them, both running OpenBSD. They don't run FreeBSD, kfreebsd-yeeloong notwithstanding (it was a GSoC project), however the wireless would work just fine, it's a urtw(4), which has been supported since 8.0. Actually, everything on the computer *would* work if FreeBSD was ported to it, but this is a non-trivial task and simply isn't going to happen until there are people willing to make it happen. With that said, the Yeeloong is not a good recommendation for anyone, with the exception of someone who wants to buy a nascent, possibly (hopefully) emerging architecture, to play with or to port software. Or someone who cares that much about free software and doesn't care about the limitations of the architecture. This isn't what the OP wants. ~Brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: BSD Magazine PDFs
That looks right. BSDMag was a quarterly prior to 2010 and started in the middle of 2008, from what I remember. And they missed a month in 2010. ~Brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Best Laptop to buy for Freebsd Without OS?
> Those links both sport some pretty expensive prices. My comparable ASUS > cost about half that, and came with Windows 7 installed (which I simply > erased). Are those prices for real? > > -- > Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F > http://chipsquips.com | http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com > Oh, I have no doubt they're for real. That's the problem with smaller OEMs. You can't live on razor thin profit margins. ZaReason www.zareason.com also has no-OS options (they're a Linux vendor). Again, prices aren't the cheapest. I personally buy my laptops by going to Staples, Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. with the latest OpenBSD-current to check its dmesg (and I highly recommend this) and blasting Windows off the HD as soon as I get home, but the OP asked for no-OS laptops. ~Brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Best Laptop to buy for Freebsd Without OS?
> 3) Buy a machine with the base Win 7 Home installed, decline the license, and > request a refund. > Be prepared to waste significant time on this, but it can be done. > IANAL, but I have been informed by several lawyers that you cannot do this. The Windows 7 EULA, when preinstalled on a machine, states that the agreement is between you and the company selling you the computer, and "By using the Software, you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the software. Instead, contact the manufacturer or installer to determine its return policy. You must comply with that policy, which might limit your rights or require you to return the entire system on which the software is installed." The major OEMs will say "OK, then you must return the computer," and you have no option but to comply. This is true for the USA. If you want no-OS laptops, try Puget Systems www.pugetsystems.com or PCs for Everyone www.pcsforeveryone.com HTH ~Brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD vs YouTube
Depends on how you want to do it. You can use www/youtube_dl to get the movies, then watch on your player of choice. Or if you really want to watch in a browser can go to youtube.com/html5 and sign up for the HTML5 beta. Then on a (very) modern browser, any videos with HTML5 will work. Unfortunately, videos done in just HTML5 will have no sound but ones with HTML5 + WebM will have sound. I believe that the HTML5 + WebM for the moment is only available on HD movies. A word of caution though: the HTML5 youtube will only work well on high-powered computers, so don't expect it to work well/at all on older hardware. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: where can i dl freebsd?
Check the FreeBSD website? There have been DVD releases since 7.1-RELEASE, if my memory serves. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Addition to BSDstats
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > >> On Tue, 4 May 2010, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> >> Don't worry about it, found and fixed that bug ... it had to do with >> trying to masquarade behind haproxy, so it looked like all systems were >> coming in from Panama if they were running the newest code ... which means >> alot of ppl out there were running *old* code ... >> >> Basically, by setting up haproxy to load balance, all IPs hitting the >> backend were, as mentioned before, masquaraded ... but, of course, that >> means that when Geo::IP trying to determine country of origin, it always >> reports for the country of origin of the haproxy IP (Panama) ... >> >> I've fixed this ... still not recording IP, but at least the PHP script >> determing country basis it on the proper IP, not the haproxy IP ... >> >> >> No changes required on the client side, as things will normalize over the >> course of the next month as ppl report in ... >> >> If anyone on FreeBSD wishes to 'force an update': >> >> /usr/local/etc/periodic/monthly/300.statistics -nodelay >> >> will push it through ... >> >> >> >> >> Just did pkg_add -r bsdstats followed by > > /usr/local/etc/periodic/monthly/300.statistics -nodelay > > Still don't see any Freebsd systems listed for the Philippines on the > website. > > What is YOUR definition of REAL-TIME. > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > Actually, it's there. http://www.bsdstats.org/bt/countries.html?os=FreeBSD There you are, at the bottom. One system from the Philippines. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
