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Date:      Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:03:50 -0400
From:      "Jud" <jud@myrealbox.com>
To:        ertr1013@student.uu.se
Cc:        met@uberstats.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux || Possibly wrong list
Message-ID:  <1032894230.c3420740jud@myrealbox.com>

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-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To: MET <met@uberstats.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:37:50 +0200
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux || Possibly wrong list

On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 02:24:48PM -0400, MET wrote:
[snip]
>=20
> 2) Since FreeBSD offers its 'Linux Compatibility' - will that allow me
> to use programs that were written on and for a Red Hat version of Linux?

With the exceptions of device drivers and things like that, yes.

>=20
> FreeBSD is what I know and love, but now I'm starting to use it as a
> desktop (KDE 3 / XFree86 4.2) and I just want to make sure that I'm not
> missing out on people's applications (home based) that seem to only be
> written for Linux.

Most Linux applications should run fine on FreeBSD.  Some exceptions
undoubtedly exist but those are indeed exceptions rather than the rule.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Just a quick caveat to the generally true statement=20
that Erik makes - (1) If an app hasn't been ported, 
that may mean there are difficulties getting it to 
run under FreeBSD.  For instance, I'd love to try 
Valgrind, Kylix and VMWare 3, but I'm guessing their 
absence from ports means no one's been able to get 
them working right on FreeBSD yet.  (2) I generally 
find it's best to use the port where one exists - the 
port has been done by someone who knows a lot more 
than I do about FreeBSD and the ported app.

OTOH, once in a while there's a nice app that no one's 
gotten around to porting yet - e.g., the Psi Jabber 
client, before Jonathan Chen was nice enough to do the 
honors.  Or a port will be packaged as part of the 
GNOME or KDE environments, and I'd prefer to use it 
without all the baggage; this was true of the 
Rox-filer file manager, but (happily) no longer.

Jud


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