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Date:      Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:50:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org>
To:        Sam Alexander <salexander@clearsource.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Downloading FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103252146010.29658-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
In-Reply-To: <NFELKHFCJFGNHMBHNPJFEEBKCAAA.salexander@clearsource.net>

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On 2001-03-25, Sam Alexander scribbled:

# Hi...
#
# I'd really like to try FreeBSD, but I can not find where to download it
# from.  Your site says it can be downloaded, but from what i've seen, you
# don't give a link to where this is.

ISO images can be downloaded from here:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/

# Also, is FreeBSD compatible with Linux software or Mac OS X software?

FreeBSD can run most Linux application via the Linux compatibility
layer, just make sure that you install the Linux-base package and enable
the Linux option on the Startup (???) section of /stand/sysinstall ::
Configure

Although Mac OS X is based on FreeBSD 3.2, native Mac OS X applications
cannot run on FreeBSD/i386 since there is a hardware platform difference
and the Carbon/Aqua/etc. APIs that Apple uses that are not available on
any other platform other than Mac OS X. Only Darwin is available in an
(possibly) open-source license.

-- 
Linh Pham
[lplist@closedsrc.org]

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