From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 13 22:54:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA12303 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:54:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA12264 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:54:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id RAA23428; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:23:35 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id RAA17388; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:23:10 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981214172309.B17075@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:23:09 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: jimtnelson , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD References: <3674B380.C81F916@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <3674B380.C81F916@earthlink.net>; from jimtnelson on Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 10:43:12PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, 13 December 1998 at 22:43:12 -0800, jimtnelson wrote: > I am considering running FreeBSD or Linux on a Pentium II. > > Will linux programs run under FreeBSD? Yes. > Will commercial or custom software compiled for unix platforms run under > FreeBSD? Some will, in particular those written for Linux, BSD/OS and SCO UNIX. > What fortran compilers are available for FreeBSD? It comes with GNU g77. There are probably others available as well. > How does FreeBSD differ from BSD unix? Not at all. > I am currently running mklinux on a macintosh 7500 power pc. Is > there a FreeBSD available for a Mac 7500 PCI machine? No. You can get NetBSD or OpenBSD for Macs, though. Check out http://www.NetBSD.org/ and http://www.OpenBSD.org/ > Where can I get further info? http://www.FreeBSD.org/ Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message