Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:49:42 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> Cc: Chris Federico <cfederico@natca.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compatability Message-ID: <20000710204942.L25571@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <000f01bfeae3$bb69c490$ba7009ce@gimpy>; from jpaetzel@hutchtel.net on Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 09:57:18PM -0500 References: <396A8842.A034CDCC@natca.net> <000f01bfeae3$bb69c490$ba7009ce@gimpy>
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* Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> [000710 19:58] wrote: > > > I stumbled across your website and was intrigued by your > > OS. However, one thing I couldn't find was any mention of > > compatability with software designed for other OS's. > > Basically, I'm hoping I can rid myself of Win98 and still > > run all of my win98 software. Can I? > > > > No. You would have to run Unix software. Now there are a lot of programs > that have been ported to unix, like Netscape, Doom, Quake, and so forth, but > you would have to reinstall them all. And some programs, such as Microsoft > Outlook Express are simply not available for FreeBSD. (As they say about > White Castle Hamburgers, "There's just nothing else like it.") I guess what > I am trying to say is "upgrading" to Freebsd is not like upgrading from > win95 to win98 or anything like that. You're correct for the most part, however there exists a Windows emulator called Wine that may be able to emulate certain Windows applications: http://www.winehq.com/ Your best bet is to perform a backup of your windows system and try for a dual boot system at first, if you get Wine up and running you can access your Windows/Dos disk and try to run applications in Wine. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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