From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 17 10: 0:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from superman.imag.net (superman.imag.net [207.200.148.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 505C337B8C0 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:00:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from markh@lon.imag.net) Received: from mymachine.imag.net (ip-139-80.wwdc.com [207.200.139.80] (may be forged)) by superman.imag.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA18461; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:01:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Hendriks Reply-To: markh@lon.imag.net To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Just a couple Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:33:06 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <20000417132504.21366.qmail@web1608.mail.yahoo.com> Cc: topof_theworld@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00041712102301.00717@mymachine.imag.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Vinny Palladino wrote: > I've been looking around for a new OS, and > read about yours on Cnet. I use my computer for > on-line gaming. Would my windows games be able to run > on FreeBSD3.2? Does it support OpenGL. What advantages > (from a gamers point of view) would I gain from this > OS? Because FreeBSD is a completely difference operating system, it doesn't naturally run Windows software. There is a commercial software package, called VMWare, which can be purchased separately, and will allow you to run Windows software on FreeBSD. Unfortunately, running game software under emulation will noticably affect performance. Unfortunately, if playing games is how you spend most of your time on the computer, FreeBSD is currently not a very good choice, not for technical reasons, but for market reasons. Until FreeBSD (or Linux) attracts a much larger user base, most game developers are going to concentrate on Windows. On the other hand, if you do more than just play games, definitely take a look at the kind of software that is native on FreeBSD, and see if it can meet your needs. FreeBSD can also run Linux software. Since FreeBSD and Linux are more closely related, Linux emulation on FreeBSD does not incur a significant performance hit. You won't be able to run Microsoft software, but there is still a lot of good software available for FreeBSD/Linux. Mark Hendriks markh@lon.imag.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message