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Date:      Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:05:23 -0500
From:      Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        rolan herreria <rhod_herreria@yahoo.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about freeBSD OS
Message-ID:  <432285B3.6010209@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <20050910060156.50164.qmail@web60017.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050910060156.50164.qmail@web60017.mail.yahoo.com>

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rolan herreria wrote:

>1. Can I run .exe files in this OS?
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There are a couple of emulators, Wine having already
been mentioned.  See also dosbox, doscmd, twin, and
vmWare.

Wine or vmWare would be the method of choice for
emulation for native Windows programs.  dosbox, etc.
emulates an MS-DOS environment ...

>2. Can I run 3D Games in freeBSD OS like Half-life &
>Doom3?
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See below.

>3. Can I share my files to a PC using Microsoft XP?
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Sure.

>4. Can you give me some OS running 3D games except
>Microsoft?
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If you wanna play, you generally use a "toy" OS. </troll>

Here's what I see easily available for FreeBSD, no idea
if they work or how well.....

[836] Sat 10.Sep.2005 1:57:49
[kadmin@archangel][/usr/ports/games]
ls | grep -i doo
doom/
doomlegacy/
linux-doom3-demo/
                               
[837] Sat 10.Sep.2005 1:57:58
[kadmin@archangel][/usr/ports/games]
ls | grep -i half
halflifeserver/


Kevin Kinsey



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