From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 14 8:17: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dsl-64-193-218-89.telocity.com (dsl-64-193-218-89.telocity.com [64.193.218.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4BF6737B4EC for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:17:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 4679 invoked by uid 1000); 14 Feb 2001 16:13:51 -0000 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 10:13:50 -0600 From: Lucas Bergman To: DSA-JCR Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie questions about FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010214101350.E8539@billygoat.slb.to> Reply-To: lucas@slb.to References: <001401c09677$f22612f0$9b40a8c0@DSA> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <001401c09677$f22612f0$9b40a8c0@DSA>; from jcrdsa@dsa.es on Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 11:13:49AM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sr. Rodriguez -- Most of your questions are answered in greater detail in the FreeBSD Handbook and FAQ; see www.freebsd.org. > 1.- Has FreeBSD a graphic Interface ? Yes. It is called the X Window System, or simply "X". It is the same graphical system that runs on most Unix-like systems. > 2.- Is translated to Spanish? http://www.es.freebsd.org/es/ Whether a _program_ has been localized to Spanish depends on the particular program. > 3.- Is capable of (have app.s for) : write CD-ROMs, Email Server, news > server, chat, ... Yes, there is free software that runs on FreeBSD that does all of those things. > 4.- What about "drivers" for SCSI, Video, SoundCards, ... Tons. Check the "supported hardware" section of the Handbook. > 5.- Support Double Processor ? Yes. Look in the FAQ for mentions of symmetric multi-processing (SMP). > 6.- Support P4 ? Yes, according to several members of -hackers. > 7.- comparision with Linux ? (Of course you probably say is "best than > Linux", but, I would like to know specifically and technically the > diferences betwen them. It is widely accepted that FreeBSD people have a better sense of humor than Linux people. > 8.- Can I connect my W98 Network to the Internet with a FreeBSD > Computer Server? How ? Yes. It's called network address translation (NAT), and it's in the FAQ: http://www.es.freebsd.org/es/FAQ/networking.html#NATD Lucas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message