From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 12 4:17:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pop.idx.com.au (pop.idx.com.au [203.14.30.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 649AD37BCD9 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2000 04:17:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (idxwc07-50.idx.com.au [203.166.2.50]) by pop.idx.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA12438; Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:17:38 +1000 From: Danny To: Victoria Welch , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Thanks! Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:24:41 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <3994853B.37DD9F48@oz.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00081221263600.00372@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG YOu can install the vmware from ports but you have to pay for a licence. and you need at least a Pentium 2. There is also a port for star Office(from sun) from the ports or you can purchase ApplixWare from www.freebsdmall.com On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Victoria Welch wrote: > Hello All, > > I sent y'all a message yesterday while I was just a bit frusterated. > > Thanks, all of you who responded. > > I was very impressed with the responses I received. All measured and > all helpful. > > Later on that evening, my roomie found a #freebsd channel on undernet > that was quite helpful! I guess my timing was less than optimal :-). > > I did complete the FTP install and was most pleasantly surprised at > how smooth it went. > > Having been a BSDer for almost 24 hours now :-) I am quite pleased > with it so far. > > I'm not sure if I can use it for my original purpose, which was to > replace a RH linux 5.2 server yet. I masquerade (NAT in OpenBSD) and > mostly need a firewall I can configure easily. With the RH server, > 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. I'm pretty much > over linux and looking for a better way. Thus my adventure into BSD. > I'd like to, at very least, be able to open up the ports to do > multi-player flight sim and maybe use the internet phone stuff. > > 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 :-). > > This ports thing is really nice, the idea of being able to cvsup it > puts the RPM stuff to shame :-). > > I will be in the handbook (and probably on #freebsd on undernet > (assuming I can get on :) and trying to figure out if I have to use Open > BSD for a server. If anyone knows anything or might like to comment on > that, I would appreciate hearing it - I'd rather have one OS instead of > 3 of 4 :-). > > Also if anyone knows if the "linux compatibility" stuff will let me > run a couple of specific apps: WordPerfect Office 2000 and VMware? > > Thanks very much for you help and patience :-). > > If, for the moment you might CC me on any responses to this, I would be > most appreciative! > > Thanks & take care, Vikki. > -- > Victoria Welch, WV9K, DoD#-13, SysAdmin SeaStar.org, vikki.oz.net > "Walking on water and developing software to specification are > easy as long as both are frozen" - Edward V. Berard. > Do not unto others, that which you would not have others do unto you. > > > 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