Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 09:18:24 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Craig Varrichio <cvarrichio@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Important Questions about FreeBSD Message-ID: <37A070C0.5B21B38E@softweyr.com> References: <19990729134318.23592.rocketmail@send205.yahoomail.com>
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That was sure an interesting disctribution list you came up with! Craig Varrichio wrote: > > I realize that you may not have time to answer some > simple questions about Unix and FreeBSD, but I have > been unable to find anyone who can answer all of my > questions so I am just sending this around to see who > may be able to help me. I will make it short and > sweet- > 1. Do FreeBSD and Linux use the same disk partitions > and will any of the same programs run on both? No, and yes. FreeBSD and Linux use different native filesystem formats, and therefore cannot share a disk partition. FreeBSD can run many (perhaps most) Linux binary programs, and most of the open source apps for Linux are available for FreeBSD in native format. > 2. Do Microsoft formatted disks function in FreeBSD > or any other Unix variant? Yes, FreeBSD and most other UNIX systems have the capability to read most or all Microsoft-formatted disks. Support for NTFS and VFAT is less common than the original FAT16. > 3. Does FreeBSD have sound support for connected a > MIDI keyboard through the serial port? Yes, but it may not be in the release version yet. > 4. And finally, if Linux programs will not run on > FreeBSD, is there a range of applications that are > designed for FreeBSD? Yes. On the web page http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ we learn that the ports collection currently contains 2502 applications for FreeBSD. These range from new shells to word processors (some of which are Linux binaries with FreeBSD port kits to install them) to CAD systems. > I will greatly appreciate any help I can get. You can > also reach me at unclecraig@mail.utexas.edu. Thanks > again Good luck. Poking through the web pages at www.freebsd.org should answer most of your questions, any others you may have can be answered by sending mail to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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