From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 14 12:48:15 2004 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 07D0A16A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:48:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane.co.uk [82.152.23.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58FDF43D31 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:48:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by unsane.co.uk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5EClj3A049553 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:47:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from localhost (jhary@localhost) by unsane.co.uk (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id i5EClicW049550; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:47:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:47:44 +0100 (BST) From: Vince Hoffman To: Spuds In-Reply-To: <000a01c451c8$044d4b60$1e999a8e@3ey7m> Message-ID: <20040614133840.V49307@unsane.co.uk> References: <000a01c451c8$044d4b60$1e999a8e@3ey7m> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some Simple Questions 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: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:48:15 -0000 On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Spuds wrote: > Hello, Hi Bryan > > My name is Bryan and I am interested in using FreeBSD on my computer. Before I do so, I have a couple of questions I was wondering you could answer. > 1) Is FreeBSD truly free, as in I don't have to pay for it and can download it at no charge or is FreeBSD just a name? > Yes Freebsd is truly free. The only way you would have to pay for it is if you bought a CD with it on from somewhere like freebsdmall. If you download it all it costs you is time and bandwidth. > 2) Is FreeBSD in any way affected by the SCO lawsuits against Linux distributors and commercial users, as I am aware that FreeBSD is based on Unix? I believe it is the fact that Linux may have Unix code, but I am not sure, as I have read many different opinions. Have a read of http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3415&page=8 > > 3) Is FreeBSD compatible with Linux software? I believe I read that somewhere. Some (most ?) Linux apps will run on FreeBSD, see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html But most Apps for linux have a native FreeBSD counterpart anyway. > > 4) Can FreeBSD run on a laptop that is hardware compatible, as I know some OS's cannot run on laptops but can on desktops? > I run freebsd 5.2.1 just fine on my Toshiba Tecra 8100. have an ask about specifics on the freebsd-mobile list > Thank you for your time. > Vince > Bryan > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >