Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 21:23:29 -0500 (EST) From: Spike Gronim <spork@ix.netcom.com> To: Marjory <jolicom@globalserve.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: would like to know Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981209211847.266C-100000@PigStuy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <366F0A8E.47E75AB6@globalserve.net>
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On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Marjory wrote: > I would like to know if freeBSD: > - support multi boot (I have win95 an NT) Definitely. > - supports linux binaries ? how well? (i.e. could I run Blender , wine) Yes, FreeBSD supports Linux binaries. Well enough to run Netscape, Quake2, and Staroffice 4. > - does it emulate windows? I can be made to emulate the look and feel of the Winblows GUI. > - what exacly are ports? The ports are programs that have been ported from other platforms/environments available for install on a FreeBSD system. > - someone gave me freeBSD 2.2.6 should I upgrade. Upgradeing is always nice, you probably don't NEED to, but I cvsup and make world fairly regularly. (cvsup and makeworld are covered on www.freebsd.org, and there are other ways of upgrading) > -what are your X servers do you support KDE? We support all sorts of X servers... KDE is not an X server. We support KDE and a rather large variety of other window managers for X. > - if I program under freeBSD will it be portable? how so? It will be automatically portable between different versions of FreeBSD (definetely on the same branch (as in 2.2.x) and possibly accross branches). You can install a Linux develpoment environment and compile Linux programs. If you write portable code (as in code that uses standard functions and such) you should be able to compile it under most any UNIX OS. > Thank you Welcome. > Stephane -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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