freebsd on netbook

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 20 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote:

> I intend to buy a netbook for convenience (for many remote jobs, a 
> netbook seems to be enough) whose cost is around $400. I'd like have 
> freebsd on that netbook (oh, no linux, no windows, please :-) but it's 
> hard to choose a right one that works fine (even with Ubuntu. See 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks.)

http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html has a lot of user-supplied 
information.

I've used FreeBSD on Acer Aspire One models AOA150 and D250.  Most of 
the basic hardware is the same on all brands: Atom processor, Intel 
chipset.  Potential problem areas are card readers, wireless, and even 
wired Ethernet.

Watch out for the Poulsbo/GMA500 video in newer netbooks.  Sounds like 
xorg is questionable on them so far.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA