Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:39:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Marty Cawthon <mrc@ChipChat.com> To: Russ Kolacek <rpk129@Psu.Edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows Apps. Message-ID: <Pine.OS2.3.96.980914122441.81D-100000@MRC-Tiger.chipchat.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980914113125.00908760@EMail.Psu.Edu>
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> Will most MS Windows 95 apps run on FreeBSD? No. FreeBSD has a whole different universe of applications. HOW TO SEE WHAT FREE-BSD APPS AVAILABLE: Look at: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ Then click on "Applications" in the yellow menu-bar near the top. The next page (http://freeBSD.org/ports/index.html) describes something called "FreeBSD Ports" which are applications made specifically to run on FreeBSD. Scroll down that page, and you will see many links for categories, such as: Archivers Astro Audio . . . etc. . . X11-wm Click on each category to see the names of these 'ports' and descriptions of what they do. About 99% of these 'ports' are available for free, including source code. YOUR NEXT STEP... I recommend that you buy and read the book: "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey. ISBN 1-57176-227-2. It is available from bookstores and also on the net from "http://www.cdrom.com". From your question it seems that you are completely new to FreeBSD. So was I a few months ago. I found Mr Lehey's book very valuable. Good luck! Marty Cawthon ChipChat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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