From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 14 16:49: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6930D480A for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:41:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA01784; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:09:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:09:43 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Sukotjo Bambang Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compatibility Message-ID: <20000214170943.D17536@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20000213215152.P17536@fw.wintelcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from bambang@itenas.ac.id on Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 07:13:05AM +0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Sukotjo Bambang [000214 16:32] wrote: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > * Sukotjo Bambang [000213 21:38] wrote: > > > On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > > > * Sukotjo Bambang [000211 18:51] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Dear sir, > > > > > I have a problem with HP/UX and now I looking for a posibility to change > > > > > my HP/UX with freebsd. I need some sugestion from you about HP/UX and > > > > > FreeBSD compatibility. > > > > > > > > Can you list some of the compatibility you need? FreeBSD can not > > > > run HPUX binaries, but many programs that run on HPUX can be compiled > > > > on FreeBSD. I'd probably be correct in guessing that the amount > > > > of programs that can be compiled without problems under FreeBSD is > > > > much greater than under HPUX because of the ports system. > > > > > > > > see: http://www.freebsd.org/ports > > > > > > > > > > I planned to change my O/S from HPUX to freeBSD. Now, I have an > > > application by Sophis. That S/W used for graphic design. > > > > Well you didn't supply a URL to this company 'Sophis' so I looked > > them up at http://Sophis.com/, but wasn't able to find any information > > about what archetectures they provide thier software for. The english > > site it really poor on content and the .be site seems to be down. > > > > You need an Intel or Alpha machine to run FreeBSD, as far as I know > > HPUX only runs on PA-RISC. This means you can't run HPUX programs > > because we don't have a PA-RISC/HPUX emulator. > > > > You'll have to ask your software vendors if they provide FreeBSD, > > SCO or Linux versions. (FreeBSD can run Linux and SCO programs) > > > > You do realize you need a PC or alpha for FreeBSD right? > > Sorry, > I forgot to tell you sophis URL. This is it : > > http://www.sophis.be I'm terribly sorry, thier site is just _too slow_ for me to navigate around. I did notice a Linux logo, so you can probably get thier Linux version of the software and use it under FreeBSD's linux emulation. Let us know if it works for you. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message