From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 10 20:12:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA01980 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:12:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from csrlink.net (schroeder.csrlink.net [209.173.80.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA01935 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:12:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@techyman.ml.org) Received: from techyman.ml.org (rlynn.csrlink.net [206.228.95.43]) by csrlink.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA20635; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:08:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:08:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert J Lynn Jr (TeChYMaN)" To: Martin Cote cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Need info on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <01BD946F.608BD760.mcote@cypress.bc.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 1. FreeBSD: No integrated GUI. Faster, More secure (kerberos). Free. NT: Integrated GUI. Slow (in some cases) unstable (in some cases). Expensive. 2. I dunno. Pick for your self. 3. 100% Free. 4. Yes, src/sys/ 5. Probably not. I (An 11 year old) learned it in a few weeks. 6. I think only i386 (386 thru PII) and Alpha, not sure though. 7. Heck ya! 8. If you wanted to. Check out XWindows. 9. I dunno. I'm trying to learn ANSI C myself. gcc and cc are compilers. 10. People who network use FreeBSD. Also probably crazy 11 year olds, ppl who want a challenge, people who hate Micro$oft... A popular program? hmm... lynx? xwindows? hehe ----------------------------------------------------------------- Robert J. Lynn Jr. (TeChYMaN, TechyMan, rjlynn, TeChY) "What does rm -rf * do?" Owner/Operator Williamsport Computer Owner/Operator TeChYMaN's BSD Shells KidsWorld Sr. Helper On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Martin Cote wrote: > Could you please answer the following questions ASAP: > > 1-What are the top three differences between FreeBSD,QNX and WinNT? > > 2-Is FreeBSD better than Linux or QNX? > > 3-What are the fees and costs related with FreeBSD (License cost? What about Dev tools?) > > 4-Is the Kernel code available for modifications? > > 5-Is it a tough OS to learn for an experienced Embedded C/C++ Programmer? > > 6-Can it run on any platform? > > 7-Can we use TCP/IP networking with it? > > 8-Can we program our own GUI interface? > > 9-What about programming? (Compilers, info..) > > 10-Who uses FreeBSD and what is a popular FreeBSD application? > > Thanks, > > Martin Cote, AScT > Cypress Solutions Inc. > 103 - 1305 Welch St. > North Vancouver, BC V7P 1B3 > tel: 604-985-2878 > fax: 604-985-6004 > mcote@cypress.bc.ca > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNX9KNw2MC48AN/7zEQLYMQCfdb+slb0xBqjC5uyfPWyTGsNZxqEAn0UM sGfp0PyAuDPPTkNcbBg/H0pj =EJ+P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message