dr0p Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) Ok, I'm looking for a cheap netbook that's open-source friendly preferably one that comes with a wifi chipset that plays nice with modern BSD distributions (I'm looking at FreeBSD or OpenBSD). I don't need excessive storage, a lot of ram, or anything like that. Oh, and long battery life would be nice too. Anyone here have any suggestions? Edit: I'm also open to a cheap USB wifi adapter as well if needed to go along with the cheap netbook. Edited November 30, 2011 by dr0p Quote
brianzimm Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) The HP 2710p runs Backtrack 5 R1 x64 very well. Not sure if this helps but worth a try. :D You can find it on ebay for around $200. Has a 64bit CPU and 4gb max ram. And the built in wifi card is intel. (works in monitor mode and packet injection) And you can find a 2nd battery for around $40 and get around 6 to 8 hours of battery life. Edited November 30, 2011 by brianzimm Quote
kuro Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Thinkpads are exactly what you're looking for. The pre T*00 models could also be had with a built in Atheros chipset. You can hop on ebay and find an old T42 really cheap. Thinkpads always have great compatibility and are build rock solid. As for battery life I get a good 8 hours out of my T400 with a 9 cell using wifi, with screen brightness up, and norming web/youtube surfing. Quote
Mr. Stuky Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) The HP 2710p runs Backtrack 5 R1 x64 very well. Not sure if this helps but worth a try. :D You can find it on ebay for around $200. Has a 64bit CPU and 4gb max ram. And the built in wifi card is intel. (works in monitor mode and packet injection) And you can find a 2nd battery for around $40 and get around 6 to 8 hours of battery life. He wants a netbook. Edited November 30, 2011 by Mr. Stuky Quote
bobbyb1980 Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 I've had good results from my EEE. Quote
dr0p Posted November 30, 2011 Author Posted November 30, 2011 Thanks for the suggestions about the laptops, but I really am looking at netbooks for their battery life. The more I research though, it seems almost all netbooks ship with shitty broadcom chips now so the question is: what's a good usb wifi adapter that works with BSD? Quote
dr0p Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 Thanks, the 1005HA seems like the better choice for me although it's definitely more expensive. Quote
0xFFFF Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 +1 for EEE. One of my machines is a 1005HA running BT5r1. Quote
Sitwon Posted December 12, 2011 Posted December 12, 2011 Thinkpads are exactly what you're looking for. The pre T*00 models could also be had with a built in Atheros chipset. You can hop on ebay and find an old T42 really cheap. Thinkpads always have great compatibility and are build rock solid. As for battery life I get a good 8 hours out of my T400 with a 9 cell using wifi, with screen brightness up, and norming web/youtube surfing. Both the pre and post T*00 models are available with Intel wifi which is just as good and in some cases better than the Atheros chipset. Also, a 14" T-series or any of the X-series ThinkPads can achieve equal or better battery life to a netbook. With the optional second battery some ThinkPads can achieve over 16 hours of unplugged time. Quote
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