Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:56:08 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski" <trzy@powernet.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Should I Try FreeBSD? (was: SHOULD I TRY FREEBSD?) Message-ID: <19981221115608.L24125@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981220165217.0081dd30@powernet.net>; from Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski on Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 04:52:17PM -0800 References: <3.0.5.32.19981220165217.0081dd30@powernet.net>
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On Sunday, 20 December 1998 at 16:52:17 -0800, Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski wrote: > Hello, > I am considering using FreeBSD but I have some unanswered questions: > > * Is FreeBSD a good choice over Debian Linux for developing in assembly and C? There's not much in it. The tools are basically the same. In either case, developing in assembler is unusal. > * Does FreeBSD have any support from commercial companies such as Corel > (ie. will I ever be using Corel WP8 on BSD?) WP8 runs on FreeBSD. Nearly all Linux programs run on FreeBSD. > * Will FreeBSD support my SupraExpress 288i PnP modem? I don't know. If it's a real modem, the answer is probably yes. If it's a ``winmodem'', the answer is no. But ``winmodems'' don't even work on some Microsoft products. > * Should I spend the $70 for the FreeBSD and book to learn the O/S? Yes. > What are the payoffs of using FreeBSD along with Win95? You have to put up with Win95. You're better off using FreeBSD without Win95. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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