From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 25 05:10:03 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2935F15BCAB8 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2019 05:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75A7670A0D for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2019 05:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([178.12.43.126]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue011 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1MUY9w-1i64Yv38M4-00QVbf; Tue, 25 Jun 2019 07:09:41 +0200 Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 07:09:40 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Allen Schaaf Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I've got a major question... 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How do you connect to those? I assume the majority of services offer a web interface, so any web browser should be fine as long as the provider wasn't too stupid in implementing the servers (cf. messed up browser brand and version detection instead of reasonable feature detection). It might be possible that you will be required to run certain programs that are only available for current "Windows" versions. Test them with wine first. In some cases, this will work, if the program is not that obese or picky. ;-) > I'm not sure about how to go about > making sure that the system we will operate at our end will > connect to their end so I'm looking for some help and advice. My free advice is to test first. Build a test system with FreeBSD and make a checklist of all things that need to work. Test them, first with native solutions, and if those don't exist ("We do not support this 'Linux', we have no idea what it is.") try wine. In worst case, a virtualized environment for one specific application can also be helpful; data exchange can happen via virtual network. > Can you suggest people to connect to as well as a path forward? I'm sure there are providers of FreeBSD consulting services reading this list who will be able to offer you a good deal. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...