From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 17:04:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 996281065689 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:04:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from herbert.raimund@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D99A38FC36 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:04:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from herbert.raimund@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 11 Jun 2008 17:04:30 -0000 Received: from host-194126238033.net-serwis.pl (EHLO bobcat.edu) [194.126.238.33] by mail.gmx.net (mp050) with SMTP; 11 Jun 2008 19:04:30 +0200 X-Authenticated: #18511094 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/eLcgflSjeSQGylL0F9MN1oxm3BsPLBINwIz6e1G vSRmzAXJOeEYRz Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:10:57 +0200 From: herbert langhans To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20080611191057.b91e25a7.herbert.raimund@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> References: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> Organization: private X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD suitable for my thinkpad T61 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:04:32 -0000 The linux progs run very well, what I can tell with my modest amount of programs using this mode. BSD uses a seperate directory what contains all linux-bins and it integrates well. Also the speed is like a normal Linux distro. Maybe it is a good idea to get an old 20GB harddisk, change it and give it a try while leaving your old HD with your current installation intact? Cheers herbs > 2) I have read the FreeBSD Handbook. According to Chapter 10: Linux Binary > Compatibility, it seems that FreeBSD lacks support of many commercial > softwares such as MATLAB, Oracle, Mathematica. Is the linux binary > compatibility stable enough for work ? > > Thanks a lot. > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- ******* Herbert Langhans, Warschau ******* Sprachtraining Langhans ******* http://www.langhans.com.pl ******* herbert at langhans.com.pl ******* NIP 526-229-61-51 ******* Regon 014911759 ******* Tel. 603 341 441