From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 4 04:35:36 2003 Return-Path: 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 EB55B16A4B3 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 04:35:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smarthost1.mail.uk.easynet.net (smarthost1.mail.uk.easynet.net [212.135.6.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0736043FAF for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 04:35:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from william.labbett@ukonline.co.uk) Received: from tnt-12-71.easynet.co.uk ([212.134.20.71] helo=william) by smarthost1.mail.uk.easynet.net with smtp (Exim 4.10) id 1A5khC-0007tw-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Sat, 04 Oct 2003 12:35:34 +0100 Message-ID: <000501c38a6c$6f945900$471486d4@labbett> From: "William Labbett" To: Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 12:41:20 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: Interested but am i compatible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 11:35:37 -0000 hi all, i like to try out FreeBSD for various reasons.... i've got a few questions; are there HP Printer drivers available and also Artec scanner drivers? is there a freeware C/C++ compiler available and (less importantly) a freeware text editor or C/C++ project IDE ?? will it work on on a BrillianX motherboard? what kind of modem will i need. i think i've got a WinModem - Conextant or something...... plz help me out... thx for any help, william labbett (william.labbett@ukonline.co.uk)