From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 11:55:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C8A537B401 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:55:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web80304.mail.yahoo.com (web80304.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.79.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B361643FBF for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:55:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mell_73044@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030616185536.95983.qmail@web80304.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.141.77.149] by web80304.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:55:36 PDT Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:55:36 -0700 (PDT) From: mell miller To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: software/hardware question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:55:37 -0000 hi all, i've just recently heard of bsd and am seriously considering going that way, but before i go much further i have what is likely a stupid question but since in the past i've disregarded such questions thinking they were unimportant or that the answer was obvious only to later regret it i shall ask my stupid question. nearly all software and hardware is window compatable and most require a windows o/s, does this mean bsd users are left out in the cold or are there alternative releases or is most software/hardware also compatable with a bsd o/s?