From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 7 15:42:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA23514 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 15:42:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA23505 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 15:42:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA04898; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:11:48 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA02870; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:11:47 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981108101147.X499@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:11:47 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: William Temple , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Applications References: <19981107224608.28585.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981107224608.28585.qmail@hotmail.com>; from William Temple on Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 02:46:08PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message