From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 24 19:08:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA07069 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:08:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts10-line11.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA07063 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:08:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA01760; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:08:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:08:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Russel Bairstow cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compatibility question In-Reply-To: <34000E29.9DFCD08F@bigfoot.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 24 Aug 1997, Russel Bairstow wrote: > I am currently running DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1, however, I have heard a > lot of good things about FreeBSD and I am thinking about installing it > to my system. > My question is can I use the applications that I currently have on > FreeBSD or do I have to find compatible applications. Windows programs are runnable under the WINE Windows emulator, and some DOS applications can be run under the 'rundos' DOS emulator. Unfortunately, these are incomplete emulators and may not necessarily run your programs, depending on what they expect in terms of machine capabilities. FreeBSD is a UNIX-style OS; it is not anything like Windows or related MS OS's. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo