Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:15:50 +1000 From: "Simon Robertson" <sijr@optusnet.com.au> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: how does freebsd compare to mandrake 7.0? Message-ID: <004f01bfaba4$7b287b20$cb8c8ec6@fiona>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01BFABF8.4BD8C600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I am currently running Mandrake 7.0 and I was wondering if I purchased = FreeBSD 4.0 how it would compare? The general questions I have are, is = the language & commands generally the same, does it recognise RPMS, can = I install applications like StarOffice, Netscape & VMware, and would I = be able to download/install any programs from other CDs or the Internet? Also I current run KDE on Mandrake 7.0, would there be any changes in = comparison to FreeBSD 4.0 KDE appearance or running? Lastly does FreeBSD = run faster than Linux? Simon ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01BFABF8.4BD8C600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am currently running Mandrake 7.0 and = I was=20 wondering if I purchased FreeBSD 4.0 how it would compare? The = general=20 questions I have are, is the language & commands generally the same, = does it=20 recognise RPMS, can I install applications like StarOffice, Netscape = &=20 VMware, and would I be able to download/install any programs from other = CDs or=20 the Internet?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also I current run KDE on Mandrake 7.0, = would there=20 be any changes in comparison to FreeBSD 4.0 KDE appearance or running? = Lastly=20 does FreeBSD run faster than Linux?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Simon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01BFABF8.4BD8C600-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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