Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 18:25:45 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: mell_73044@yahoo.com Subject: Re: software/hardware question Message-ID: <20030618182545.06f68a0c.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20030616185536.95983.qmail@web80304.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030616185536.95983.qmail@web80304.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:55:36 -0700 (PDT) mell miller <mell_73044@yahoo.com> wrote: > hi all, i've just recently heard of bsd and am seriously considering going that way, but before i go much further i have what is likely a stupid question but since in the past i've disregarded such questions thinking they were unimportant or that the answer was obvious only to later regret it i shall ask my stupid question. nearly all software and hardware is window compatable and most require a windows o/s, does this mean bsd users are left out in the cold or are there alternative releases or is most software/hardware also compatable with a bsd o/s? I have had very good luck when it comes to using FreeBSD. There is a large amount of software existing in the ports. Check out... http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.8R/hardware-i386.html http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html
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