Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 17:09:55 -0800 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Marjory <jolicom@globalserve.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: would like to know Message-ID: <4.1.19981209165600.00a27100@mail-r> In-Reply-To: <366F0A8E.47E75AB6@globalserve.net>
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At 03:41 PM 12/9/98 , Marjory wrote: >I would like to know if freeBSD: >- support multi boot (I have win95 an NT) Yes. It comes with a simple boot manager (i don't know the name offhand) or you can install your own (booteasy, LILO, System Commander) >- supports linux binaries ? how well? (i.e. could I run Blender , wine) Yes, there is a Linux emulator that works quite well. A quick search of the questions mailing list (http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists) reveals that some people have gotten Blender working under FreeBSD. Another search of the mailing list reveals that Wine is problematic, but it can run. Wabi, by Caldera, has been suggested instead of it. >- does it emulate windows? Not by itself. Wine or Wabi or Bochs will/might. (i've never tried it myself. that's what dual-booting is for) >- what exacly are ports? The ports collection is FreeBSD's way of having a library of software that's easy to install without hassle. You just go into the ports directory, find the program you want, tell it 'make install', and the program's installed and ready to use. >- someone gave me freeBSD 2.2.6 should I upgrade. I think 2.2.6 has some security holes (denial of service?) in it. 2.2.8 is the latest version and has cool new stuff like a built-in bandwidth limiter. >-what are your X servers do you support KDE? XFree86 and XIG work under FreeBSD (maybe more. those are the only 2 I've tried). KDE does work. Installing it _may_ take some time. >- if I program under freeBSD will it be portable? how so? I suppose that would depend on how you program... But FreeBSD does use gcc, which is available for nearly every other platform in existence. Supported languages are C and C++. There are also Pascal-to-C and Fortran-to-C converters built in or available. --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 ( ludwigp@email.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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