Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 11:56:51 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: "Aaron Hughes <aaronh@bind.com>" <aaronh@user1.bind.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, William Temple <imbear@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Applications Message-ID: <XFMail.981108115651.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.04.9811071751100.19034-100000@user1.bind.com>
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On 07-Nov-98 Aaron Hughes <aaronh@bind.com> wrote: > > There are graphic design programs for FreeBSD, however, PhotoShop is not > one of them. In orer to use such an application, you would have to > install an Windows emulator such as wine or write your own. GIMP goes a long way... It will mature as did PaintShop Pro =) > As for the hardware support, most everything on the plannet is supported, > and if it is not many people are constantly developing on freeBSD, so > won't be long before it is supported. It's the new hardware we need to get the drivers for... And by getting users such as you and ourselves will we increase our list of supported hardware, that is if yer not afraid of testing... > As for performance on the desktop, FreeBSD Rules!! Going from 95/NT to FreeBSD at home got me looking in awe at the real multitasking... > Please do understand FreeBSD is a UNIX platform, and the closest thing you > will find to the GUI interfaces out there is Xwindows which is certainly > not anywhere close to Windows or OS2. Thank god no... I found X-Windows to be so much more satisfying in the ability to customize it... > On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, William Temple wrote: > >> I have come to the end of Microsoft's rope and I never liked IBM, I was >> looking for a new path when an acquaintance suggested FreeBSD. After >> searching several websites I am left with some questions. Other than >> Applix most other vendors deal in server utilities and security. Are >> there applications such as PhotoShop? Will my Wacom Digitizer Pad be >> compatible? Will my ComputerEyes Video Capture card be compatible? How >> does FreeBSD perform as a workstation platform? Will my UMAX Astra 610P >> scanner be compatible? I have yet to search your sites for database >> info but if you could include some in your response I would appreciate >> the effort. Thank you in advance. Database? What ye need? We have mySQL and PostGreSQL as major SQL database platforms... --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl Junior Network/Security Specialist *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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