Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 19:08:00 -0500 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Victoria Welch" <vikki@oz.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Thanks! Message-ID: <000b01c003f1$60912320$02c134c8@megared.net.mx> References: <3994853B.37DD9F48@oz.net>
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> I'm not sure if I can use it for my original purpose, which was to > replace a RH linux 5.2 server yet. Easily :o) > mostly need a firewall I can configure easily. man ipfw > opening up ports with ipfwadm appears impossible and by now ipfwadm is > so old that no one seems to know how to make it work. man ipfw > Even if the FreeBSD won't masquerade I think I will still like it for > a desktop, a number of things I have seen so far make much more sense to > me :-). man natd > This ports thing is really nice, the idea of being able to cvsup it > puts the RPM stuff to shame :-). Have you seen the ports collection /usr/ports you cd to any program you like and type make install, and this fetches the necessary files from the internet, apply the needed patches, configure the program, compile it & install it, pretty amazing. > Also if anyone knows if the "linux compatibility" stuff will let me > run a couple of specific apps: WordPerfect Office 2000 and VMware? Yes, it will with FreeBSD 4.X Greetings... Ales To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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