From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 14 01:25:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA01186 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 01:25:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailb.telia.com (mailb.telia.com [194.22.194.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA01128 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 01:25:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from listuser@netspace.net.au) Received: from d1o1.telia.com (root@d1o1.telia.com [195.67.240.241]) by mailb.telia.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA24645 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:25:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from doorway.home.lan (t6o1p48.telia.com [195.67.241.108]) by d1o1.telia.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA10816 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:25:33 +0100 (CET) Received: (from listuser@localhost) by doorway.home.lan (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA12816 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:30:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from listuser) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:30:30 +0100 (CET) From: List User Message-Id: <199812140830.JAA12816@doorway.home.lan> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Newsgroups: freebsd.questions Path: root From: Greg Lehey Subject: Re: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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) To: jimtnelson , freebsd-questions Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Www-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Message-ID: <19981214172309.B17075@freebie.lemis.com> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i References: <3674B380.C81F916@earthlink.net> Delivered-To: vmailer-questions@freebsd.org X-Uidl: e439bbc37558c3a9eccdc75742e529a0 X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 In-Reply-To: <3674B380.C81F916@earthlink.net>; from jimtnelson on Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 10:43:12PM -0800 Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 06:53:09 GMT 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message