From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 21 8:16: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au [203.2.75.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1828037B8FC for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:15:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sijr@optusnet.com.au) Received: from fiona (kawax1-203.dialup.optusnet.com.au [198.142.140.203]) by mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA14889 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:15:51 +1000 Message-ID: <004f01bfaba4$7b287b20$cb8c8ec6@fiona> From: "Simon Robertson" To: Subject: how does freebsd compare to mandrake 7.0? Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:15:50 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004C_01BFABF8.4BD8C600" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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

Hello,

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?

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?

Simon

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