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Favorite UNIX-like OS for laptop
Post 302340086 by ViperChief on Sunday 2nd of August 2009 12:07:58 PM
08-02-2009
Favorite UNIX-like OS for laptop
First, a hello to all of you out there. Quick introduction since I'm new here before I ask my question. I'm a Computer Science major who has an unnatural love of operating systems. 
In fact, I'm looking on building a new computer that will have enough RAM to let me have some fun with several VMs at once.
So, here's my question. I've been using Linux for just over a decade and, over the last few years, I've been playing with other operating systems (BSD, OpenSolaris, etc). Most of these have been on my desktop computer, but I'm looking for a good primary OS on my laptop. It's a Thinkpad T61 with an Intel x3100 for graphics and an Intel 3945 wireless card. I'd like to be able to have my hotkeys, since I've gotten spoiled with them, as well as the scrolling feature of my touchpad. I don't mind working a little to get those working, though. Also, I have my home wireless network secured via WPA2.
I just wanted to get some opinions of what other people have found works well on laptops. I've already started trying out a couple differnet OSs (and am leaning towards FreeBSD) on this thing, but I'd still like to hear what ya'll find works well. Thanks!
In fact, I'm looking on building a new computer that will have enough RAM to let me have some fun with several VMs at once.So, here's my question. I've been using Linux for just over a decade and, over the last few years, I've been playing with other operating systems (BSD, OpenSolaris, etc). Most of these have been on my desktop computer, but I'm looking for a good primary OS on my laptop. It's a Thinkpad T61 with an Intel x3100 for graphics and an Intel 3945 wireless card. I'd like to be able to have my hotkeys, since I've gotten spoiled with them, as well as the scrolling feature of my touchpad. I don't mind working a little to get those working, though. Also, I have my home wireless network secured via WPA2.
I just wanted to get some opinions of what other people have found works well on laptops. I've already started trying out a couple differnet OSs (and am leaning towards FreeBSD) on this thing, but I'd still like to hear what ya'll find works well. Thanks!
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wm
WM(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual WM(4) NAME
wm -- Intel i8254x Gigabit Ethernet driver SYNOPSIS
wm* at pci? dev ? function ? Configuration of PHYs may also be necessary. See mii(4). DESCRIPTION
The wm device driver supports Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on the Intel i8254x family of Gigabit Ethernet chips. The interfaces sup- ported by the wm driver include: o Intel i82542 1000BASE-X Ethernet o Intel i82543GC 1000BASE-X Ethernet o Intel i82543GC 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82544EI 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82544EI 1000BASE-X Ethernet o Intel i82544GC 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82544GC (LOM) 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82540EM 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82540EM (LOM) 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82540EP 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82541EI 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82541EI (Mobile) 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82541ER 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82541GI 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82541PI 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82545EM 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82545EM 1000BASE-X Ethernet o Intel i82545GB 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82545GB 1000BASE-X Ethernet o Intel i82545GM 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82546EB 1000BASE-T Ethernet (dual-port) o Intel i82546EB 1000BASE-X Ethernet (dual-port) o Intel i82546GB 1000BASE-T Ethernet (dual-port) o Intel i82546GB 1000BASE-X Ethernet (dual-port) o Intel i82547EI 1000BASE-T Ethernet (CSA) o Intel i82547GI 1000BASE-T Ethernet (CSA) o Intel i82571 1000BASE-T Ethernet (dual-port) o Intel i82572 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82573 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82575 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82576 Ethernet (Copper, Fiber) o Intel i80003 Ethernet (Copper, Fiber) o Intel i82801H (ICH8 LAN) 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82801I (ICH9 LAN) 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel i82801J (ICH10 LAN) 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel 82578 with Intel 5 series chipset (PCH) o Intel 82579 with Intel 6 or 7 series chipset (PCH2) o Intel 82580 Ethernet (Copper, Fiber) o Intel 82583 1000BASE-T Ethernet o Intel I350 Ethernet (Copper, Fiber) In addition to Intel's own ``PRO/1000'' line of Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, these chips also appear on some server systems, processor evalu- ation boards, and in embedded systems. The i8254x supports IPv4/TCP/UDP checksumming and TCP segmentation in hardware. The wm driver supports these features of the chip. See ifconfig(8) for information on how to enable this feature. SEE ALSO
arp(4), ifmedia(4), mii(4), netintro(4), pci(4), ifconfig(8) HISTORY
The wm driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.6. AUTHORS
The wm driver was written by Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>. BUGS
The Intel i82545GM and i82546GB controllers with internal SERDES are not currently supported. BSD
June 20, 2012 BSD