From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 20 18:34:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA22227 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 18:34:02 -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 SAA22205 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 18:33:59 -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 NAA26333; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:03:37 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id NAA67801; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:03:36 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981221130336.N24125@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:03:36 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should I Try FreeBSD? References: <3.0.5.32.19981220165217.0081dd30@powernet.net> <3.0.5.32.19981220165217.0081dd30@powernet.net> <19981221115608.L24125@freebie.lemis.com> <3.0.5.32.19981220175602.00820c40@powernet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981220175602.00820c40@powernet.net>; from Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski on Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 05:56:02PM -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 17:56:02 -0800, Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski wrote: >>> * 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. > > So the FreeBSD ELF binary format is compatible with Linux? What is the > average compatibility rate? All ELF formats are compatible. But FreeBSD explicitly supports the Linux environment, which is not compatible with that of 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. > > My modem is real modem I guess... it is a PnP tho... I remember when I had > Linux it worked... at least it let me connect to my ISP but I can't say > wether or not it worked well because my Linux was never fully configured > and was somewhat disfunctional (retarded.) Should work fine, then. >>> * Should I spend the $70 for the FreeBSD and book to learn the O/S? >> >> Yes. > > Does the book go thru setting up and configuring FreeBSD so it runs without > a hitch? Yup. 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