From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 20 14:24:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay3.inwind.it (relay3.inwind.it [212.141.53.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9879337B43C for ; Sun, 20 May 2001 14:24:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bartequi@inwind.it) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (62.98.170.40) by relay3.inwind.it (5.5.029) id 3AE401CE006ADEA1; Sun, 20 May 2001 23:24:31 +0200 From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 21:27:01 GMT Message-ID: <20010520.21270100@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD versions of Windows Apps To: Francois Kritzinger Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3B082EEA.62A2ADA5@iafrica.com> References: <3B082EEA.62A2ADA5@iafrica.com> X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 5/20/01, 10:54:02 PM, Francois Kritzinger wrote=20 regarding FreeBSD versions of Windows Apps: > Hi, > I need suggestions for FreeBSD versions/alternatives for the following= > Windows applications: > * Getright (Download Manager) wget is the best known, but you might want to have a look at=20 /usr/ports/ftp. > * Photoshop Gimp, also in the ports (cf /usr/ports/graphics), is not Photoshop, but = it is not quite bad, either. =20 > * CD-RW software You may wish to try mkisofs, found in ports/sysutils, in conjunction wit= h=20 cdrecord (for a SCSI device), found in ports/sysutils too. If you have a= n=20 IDE CD-writer, you may wish to try burncd(8). And remember: even M$=20 advised people to burn CDs under a Unix environment ;-)) You will be surprised at the number of applications that run under=20 FreeBSD -- which BTW is essentially/primarily a **NOS** :-) HTH, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message