Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:51:53 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Sukotjo Bambang <bambang@itenas.ac.id> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compatibility Message-ID: <20000213215152.P17536@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002141214020.8244-100000@mail.itenas.ac.id>; from bambang@itenas.ac.id on Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 12:16:26PM %2B0700 References: <20000211190943.D17536@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002141214020.8244-100000@mail.itenas.ac.id>
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* Sukotjo Bambang <bambang@itenas.ac.id> [000213 21:38] wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > * Sukotjo Bambang <bambang@itenas.ac.id> [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? good luck, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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