From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 5 19:12:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from satan.freebsdsystems.com (satan.freebsdsystems.com [216.183.2.6]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1433F4696 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 19:12:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from lnb@localhost) by satan.freebsdsystems.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA05435; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 22:12:40 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lnb) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 22:12:40 -0500 (EST) Organization: FreeBSD Systems Inc. From: Lanny Baron To: Ryan Thompson Subject: Re: Windows 98 Compatibility Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Bellardd@aol.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Its possible he is attempting to do as I do. Run all windows programs via smb from some of my FreeBSD servers. On 06-Feb-00 Ryan Thompson wrote: > On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 Bellardd@aol.com wrote: > >> Is Version 3.4 compatible with Windows 98. > > No. > >> Please respond as soon as possible as I have install Version 2.2.5 per >> instructions and I am unable to access my window programs anymore. Please >> HELP! > > In general, UNIX is NOT compatible with Windows (DOS), and FreeBSD is no > different. The same holds for Linux, MacOS, ad infinitum. Operating > systems, in general, are NOT freely interchangable, and will NOT, in > general, run programs coded and compiled for another operating systems. > There even exist differences between multiple versions of UNIX, such that > binaries intended for one platform do not run on another. > > There ARE some emulation packages avaliable, such as WINE, that allow you > (with somewhat limited success) to run Windows executables under X. > However, from the sounds of your message, you were looking for a drop-in > replacement for Windows. Such you will not find, my friend... And for > good reason. UNIX exists today and thrives because it offers a different > feature set than Windows. Put quite simply, if you want to run Windows > applications, stay with Windows! :-) > > SOME applications for Windows are ALSO available for UNIX or Linux. > Our own ports collection contains many such examples, such as Corel > WordPerfect, Netscape Communicator, and others. Also, there are many > other useful programs available in the ports collection that offer many of > the same features as their Windows counterparts. (In fact, with a little > bit of research, you will find that many Windows programs are in fact > clones or work-alikes for programs that were originally written for UNIX). > > You can browse or search the Ported Applications tree from > http://www.freebsd.org/. > > -- > Ryan Thompson 50% Owner, Sysadmin > SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com > #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Lanny Baron ---------------------------------- Date: 05-Feb-00 Time: 22:12:40 Call on God, but row away from the rocks. -- Indian proverb ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message