From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 20 17:26:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA17705 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:26:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA17694 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:26:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA26145; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:56:09 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA67259; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:56:08 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981221115608.L24125@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:56:08 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Should I Try FreeBSD? (was: SHOULD I TRY FREEBSD?) References: <3.0.5.32.19981220165217.0081dd30@powernet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i 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 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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