From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 20:45:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 878A716A41F for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:45:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA11843D45 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:45:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [208.206.151.59] (host59.gtisd.com[208.206.151.59]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20051117204540013002kthfe>; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:45:41 +0000 Message-ID: <437CEBDB.7040106@computer.org> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:45:15 -0600 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051107) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cornelis Swanepoel References: <20051117195403.51795.qmail@web34613.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Augusto Montenegro , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows Compatibility? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:45:43 -0000 Cornelis Swanepoel wrote: > Most of my programs run in Windows. Can I use FreeBSD as my OS to run my > >>programs? > > > > > That depends entirely on what the programs are that you're actually running, > if it's a web browser, an email client and an Office productivity suite > you'll be able to find the equivalent(actually better) of the microsoft > offerings on FreeBSD. True enough. *Most* things have equivalents in the *BSD world. However, if you have some special needs there are windows and/or PC emulators. WINE and qemu are the two I hear about most. I have used qemu very successfully to run the one MS app I can not get rid of CheckPoint SecuRemote for VPN connectivity to my office. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric