From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 11 13:10:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dns2.rocler.qc.ca (dns2.rocler.qc.ca [204.101.179.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53D2837BA6D for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:09:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lfoley@rocler.qc.ca) Received: from rocler.qc.ca (d44.rocler.qc.ca [207.236.166.44]) by dns2.rocler.qc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA23763 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:09:54 -0400 Message-ID: <39945DEC.B9E99689@rocler.qc.ca> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:11:24 -0400 From: Linda Foley X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.17 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ready to switch, but... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, sorry that there's a BUT, but I have to ask a few things before I make this decision final. -about the packaging system: how does it work? does it download and install automatically the desired program as well as its dependencies? Is it possible to upgrade the whole system à la apt-get dist-upgrade (if it's not COULD it be available soon?)? -Can I play Linux games (especially Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament) -How does FreeBSD performs compared to Linux (in terms of stability, speed, memory-usage, etc. (you can use comapraisons, like a Ferrari vs a Civic, or whatever) -I have the source code of a program made with Linux. Is it possible to make it run under FreeBSD without means of emulation -are there good sites (such as www.linuxnewbie.org) to help FreeBSD newbies? Thank you wmHardRock To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message