From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 15 16:41:14 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 16:41:12 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from seed.pacific.net.sg (seed.pacific.net.sg [203.120.90.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4036237B400 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:41:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from pop1.pacific.net.sg (pop1.pacific.net.sg [203.120.90.85]) by seed.pacific.net.sg with ESMTP id eBG0fAJ13727; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:41:10 +0800 (SGT) Received: from gchang (spoff250.pacific.net.sg [203.120.94.250]) by pop1.pacific.net.sg with SMTP id IAA07387; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:41:09 +0800 (SGT) Message-ID: <004e01c066f8$37bf9980$fa5e78cb@gchang> From: "James Lim" To: "Daniel Stehm" , References: <001301c066f6$2e3cd320$34d6fea9@silentchaos> Subject: Re: woohoo! FreeBSD here I come... with a question or 2 Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:36:22 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi there, glad that u are actually converting the whole damn box to freebsd. ( I still keep my windows for diablo2 and counterstrike ). You might wanna post here regarding ur setup + problems so that we might be able to help you with it. Yes, Staroffice can be installed and run from the ports system in Freebsd. THere are a few links and help in the mailing lists regarding running quake3 and unreal tournament that might help you with it. Read the freebsd handbook, you will enjoy it James Lim Technical Support Executive Pacific Internet Limited 89 Science Park Drive #02-05/06 The Rutherford Singapore 118261 Finger evilfry@sg.freebsd.org for PGP key. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Stehm" To: Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 8:21 AM Subject: woohoo! FreeBSD here I come... with a question or 2 > Hello list :) First off, just wanted to thank the many who have helped me in > making the right choice of purchasing FreeBSD :) At approx. 4:30, I had a > copy of FreeBSD Powerpack in my hands waiting for the cashier to take care > of some guy who was buying an HTML book... funny how you notice the little > details in what a very good turn in your computer life may be :) Anyways, Im > just e-mailing about a few questions before I axe away at the package and > install the mother. 1) I understand FreeBSD 4.0 is compatible with Linux > based programs, is this the same for Sun's StarOffice? And can I run Linux > games (such as Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tourney) in BSD with Linux-3dfx > drivers? If not, where can I obtain 3dfx drivers for my voodoo 2 card for > BSD? 2) This weekend, I am deleting my Windows and Linux partition, and BSD > is going on the whooole hard drive.. all 8.4gigs :) lol. Just wondering if > there is anything anyone suggests before I take my step into a non-windows > person :) Thanks mucho for everyones continuous assistance with my many > questions. > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > Daniel Stehm > Va. Beach, Virginia > daniel.stehm@verizon.net > http://counter-li.org Linux User #190481 > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message