Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 22:28:15 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: <RTOYA@aol.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: I'm thinking. Message-ID: <006a01c16997$bbb0f840$6600000a@ach.domain> In-Reply-To: <a4.1c000a36.291df597@aol.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of RTOYA@aol.com > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 10:15 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: I'm thinking. > > Freebsd, > > I'm thinking about installing FreeBSD because I'm curious. I have > heard that > it is THE most stable OS out there (even beats Microsoft Windows). Yes... hands down. FreeBSD also doesn't require quite the elaborate system that Windows does in order to get good performance. > What I would like to know is if FreeBSD can run all the programs > I already > have on my pc that my Windows 98 OS runs. In a word, nope. > I.E. Netscape or Konqueror work quite well in place of IE on FreeBSD. > Sid Meier's Civil War > Star Trek Starfleet Command, etc. Might be able to get these to run under one of the emulators, but I don't have any experience there. > Corel Perfect Works There are other options out there for "office" suites... something like Star Office would fit the bill. > America Online, Juno FreeBSD can be set up to use most popular ISPs, but I'm not sure about AOL or Juno, as I've never used either of those services. > Windows Media Player, RealPlayer There are FreeBSD alternatives to these. > the programs that run my scanner and printer Depends on the model of hardware you have. You'll want to check the Hardware.Txt for the release you plan to install to make sure that your hardware will work. > Is it true that we can use your source code for FreeBSD to make our own > personal OS from scratch, or modify FreeBSD to fit our needs? As far as I know, yes. You get the full source of everything used to run the entire OS, and you can modify it to your heart's content as long as you follow the rules of the BSD license. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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