Setting Up FreeBSD on Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100

This page describes the installation of Software on a FreeBSD/Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 laptop.

Installed Ports

  1. shells/bash2 -- My favorite shell
  2. x11/XFree86-4 -- X11 4.3.0
  3. x11/nvidia-driver -- Port of FreeBSD nvidia driver
  4. x11/gnome2 -- My favorite desktop environment Note: I don't need gdm and pim, so I remove the references to gdm and pim in x11/gnome/Makefile before install x11/gnome port.
  5. www/mozilla-gtk2 -- The web browser and more
  6. www/galeon2 -- gnome web browser
  7. www/linux-opera -- Sometime I need some lightweight browser
  8. x11/multi-gnome-terminal -- The terminal emulator
  9. net/ethereal -- Package sniffer
  10. net/tightvnc -- I need to connect to remote Win2K
  11. security/sudo -- A handy tools, if you don't want to be root all the time
  12. graphics/xine -- My DVD/VCD player
  13. multimedia/xmms -- My MP3 player
  14. print/acroread -- Linux acrobat reader
  15. editor/Abiword -- Good enought word processor,Star Office is too big for me
  16. match/gnumeric -- Good enought spreadsheet
  17. graphics/gqview -- Image viewer
  18. www/plugger -- Handy tools for web browsing
  19. www/wget -- My downloader program
  20. security/nmap -- A handy tool for network admin
  21. www/apache+modssl -- For testing the php code
  22. database/mysql323-server -- For testing the php code
  23. database/mysql323-client
  24. sysutil/portupgrade -- Make you stay current
  25. www/lynx-ssl -- If you want to see the web but don't want to start X window
  26. www/mod_php4 -- My work
  27. net/samba -- I need samba because not everyone in my network happy with Unix
  28. ftp/curl -- My php4 installation need curl
  29. sysutils/LPRng -- My printing system
  30. sysutils/LPRngTool -- LPRng configuration tool
  31. print/ifhp -- HP Print filter for LPRng
  32. graphics/gimp1 -- Image editor
  33. textproc/htdig -- Full text search for my local document
  34. sysutil/lsof -- Handy tool for administrator
  35. editor/vim -- Very good text editor
  36. net/cvsup -- You can not live without this
  37. www/flashpluginwrapper -- A wrapper allowing use of linux-flashplugin with native mozilla
  38. security/mcrypt -- Replacement for crypt
  39. sysutils/mkisofs -- Create iso9660/Rock Ridge/Joliet filesystems
  40. devel/gnomevfs-extras -- View smb share with smb:///host/share in Nautilus

Desktop/background

This is my current desktop
And background image from NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.
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