From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 17 15:26:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87B4F37B401 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:26:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from twix.hotpop.com (twix.hotpop.com [204.57.55.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D14CA43FA3 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:26:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by twix.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 639E73F063D for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:26:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fortytwo. (ip68-109-49-234.lu.dl.cox.net [68.109.49.234]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 571D51800B5; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:26:24 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 18:25:45 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030618182545.06f68a0c.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20030616185536.95983.qmail@web80304.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030616185536.95983.qmail@web80304.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.2claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- cc: mell_73044@yahoo.com Subject: Re: software/hardware question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:26:29 -0000 On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:55:36 -0700 (PDT) mell miller wrote: > hi all, i've just recently heard of bsd and am seriously considering going that way, but before i go much further i have what is likely a stupid question but since in the past i've disregarded such questions thinking they were unimportant or that the answer was obvious only to later regret it i shall ask my stupid question. nearly all software and hardware is window compatable and most require a windows o/s, does this mean bsd users are left out in the cold or are there alternative releases or is most software/hardware also compatable with a bsd o/s? I have had very good luck when it comes to using FreeBSD. There is a large amount of software existing in the ports. Check out... http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.8R/hardware-i386.html http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html