From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Sep 28 1:22:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail.surf24.de (mail.surf24.de [212.62.192.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7012E154BD for ; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 01:22:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Rainer.Duffner@surf24.de) Received: from duffner.surf24.de (surf241.surf24.de [212.62.193.241]) by mail.surf24.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA10738; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:21:54 +0100 Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:38:16 +0200 (MESZ) From: Rainer M Duffner Subject: Re: doubt? To: Scott Corey Cc: Spock , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <99092710032702.83292@dialup03ip083> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII X-Organization: enigma, http://www-stud.fh-konstanz.de/~enigma X-Mailer: ANT RISCOS Marcel [ver 1.46] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon 27 Sep, Scott Corey wrote: > On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Spock wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to migrate frm linux to FreeBSD and have some enquiries > > regarding freeBSD please help me? > > > > 1. Can I use the freebsd as a work station or desktop?, > > and will I get the applications which are there in linux, in BSD? i mean > > will I get c compilers, window managers, Multimedia ..etc in free BSD > > > Yes I'd say 99%. I don't know, if the latest and greatest 3d-stuff is ported already. (I don't care, I don't have a 3d-card) As FreeBSD is a bit more server-oriented, the developers may have their concerns on other areas first. > > 2. Can I download freeBSD cd image frm u r site and burn it into the CD > > and use it for installation > > > Yes If you download (and use) an ISO-image, you might go to http://www.freebsdmall.com and make a donation. > > 3. Will that Cd image contains utils/applications along with the base > > operating system? > > Maybe. But you can get any application from the internet anyway, either via pre-compiled packages, or via the ports-mechanism. Use one of the mirrors that is closest to you (check with traceroute). cheers, Rainer -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Rainer Duffner, E-Mail: duffner@fh-konstanz.de | | & Rainer.Duffner@surf24.de | |Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany | |"What's a Network ?" - Bill Gates, early 1980s | | WWW:http://www-stud.fh-konstanz.de/~duffner | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message