From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Sep 26 16:50:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4859E15464 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 1999 16:50:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id SAA74116; Sun, 26 Sep 1999 18:50:27 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 18:50:26 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon To: "Odd.Eye" Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <37EEADAE.FC3957B6@rocler.qc.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Odd.Eye wrote: > Hello, > I have some questions about FreeBSD: > > 1- Does it run on a plain PC (like a Compaq Pressario)? > 2- Do you have Window managers with X Window (such as KDE, GNOME)? > 3- What are the minimum requirements? > 4- Can I run Linux programs on FreeBSD? > 5- Can I install Linux rpm packages (RPMS)? If I recall correctly, not 10 minutes ago we just answered this for you on the #FreeBSD IRC channel. In case you didn't hear us the first time, the answers are: YES, YES, a decent 386, YES, YES. Had you bothered to read ANYTHING at all on the FreeBSD website, most of your questions would have already been answered. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures (SPARC under development). ( http://www.freebsd.org ) "One should admire Windows users. It takes a great deal of courage to trust Windows with your data." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message