From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 14 09:15:29 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA15100 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 09:15:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA15095 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 09:15:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from ben by scientia.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 2.11 #1) id 10C1XE-0002KW-00; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:24:32 +0000 Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:24:32 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst To: Patrick Morren Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd rel. 3.0 or 2.2.8. Message-ID: <19990214132432.A8935@scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <000001be5806$bb1f6ec0$b11d5fc3@patrick1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <000001be5806$bb1f6ec0$b11d5fc3@patrick1> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Patrick Morren wrote: > I want to start with FREEBSD. But in the shop I can buy rel. 3.0 or 2.2.8. > > Witch release do I have to buy. I think 3.1 is coming out soon, you might like to wait for that instead. If you're in a hurry, I think 3.0 is not aimed at people new to FreeBSD, so 2.2.8 might be a better choice to get started with. > Is it possible to run some programs designed for win 3.11 or win95 under > FREEBSD. The short answer is "no". The longer answer is maybe, you could like at the wine port. More information on wine is at http://www.winehq.com/ I beleive. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message