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Date:      Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:11:47 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        William Temple <imbear@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Applications
Message-ID:  <19981108101147.X499@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981107224608.28585.qmail@hotmail.com>; from William Temple on Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 02:46:08PM -0800
References:  <19981107224608.28585.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On Saturday,  7 November 1998 at 14:46:08 -0800, William Temple wrote:
> Dear Team:
>
> I have come to the end of Microsoft's rope and I never liked IBM, I was
> looking for a new path when an acquaintance suggested FreeBSD.  After
> searching several websites I am left with some questions.  Other than
> Applix most other vendors deal in server utilities and security.  Are
> there applications such as PhotoShop? 

GIMP seems to be a pretty good alternative to PhotoShop.

> Will my Wacom Digitizer Pad be compatible?  Will my ComputerEyes
> Video Capture card be compatible?

I don't know either of these.  You might try asking
FreeBSD-multimedia.

> How does FreeBSD perform as a workstation platform?

I don't know how to answer this question.  What do you mean by it?

> Will my UMAX Astra 610P scanner be compatible?

This is the parallel port version, right?  I'm afraid not.

> I have yet to search your sites for database info

What do you mean by this?  Database support?

Greg
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