From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 14 01:25:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA01196 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 01:25:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailb.telia.com (mailb.telia.com [194.22.194.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA01099 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 01:25:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from listuser@netspace.net.au) Received: from d1o1.telia.com (root@d1o1.telia.com [195.67.240.241]) by mailb.telia.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA24623 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:25:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from doorway.home.lan (t6o1p48.telia.com [195.67.241.108]) by d1o1.telia.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA10812 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:25:31 +0100 (CET) Received: (from listuser@localhost) by doorway.home.lan (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA12726 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:30:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from listuser) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:30:27 +0100 (CET) From: List User Message-Id: <199812140830.JAA12726@doorway.home.lan> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Newsgroups: freebsd.questions Path: root From: "Jason C. Wells" Subject: Re: FreeBSD Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: "Jason C. Wells" Received: from S8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul10.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id XAA19909; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:17:48 -0800 (PST) To: jimtnelson Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Organization: Private News Host Precedence: bulk Message-ID: Delivered-To: vmailer-questions@freebsd.org X-Uidl: 161f0d8a66058dc5c5a3f5c839d8a8ae X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: jason@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu In-Reply-To: <3674B380.C81F916@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 07:17:23 GMT On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, jimtnelson wrote: >I am considering running FreeBSD or Linux on a Pentium II. > >Will linux programs run under FreeBSD? Yes. >Will commercial or custom software compiled for unix platforms run under >FreeBSD? FreeBSD is unix. But not all unices are the same. Programs compiled on one platform don't necessarily run on others. Much software from the unix world has been ported to FreeBSD. >What fortran compilers are available for FreeBSD? g77 >How does FreeBSD differ from BSD unix? It's newer and actively developed. It runs on Intel based hardware. >I am currently running mklinux on a macintosh 7500 power pc. Is there a >FreeBSD available for a Mac 7500 PCI machine? No. Try NetBSD for the ppc. >Where can I get further info? http://www.freebsd.org/ Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message