From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 26 22:47:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA74E37B479 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:47:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eAR6lhe20604; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:47:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:47:42 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Alexander Batzios Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JBuilder, Linux Compatibility Message-ID: <20001126224742.B8051@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <3A30C524@MailAndNews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A30C524@MailAndNews.com>; from alex_b@MailAndNews.com on Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 12:43:11AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Alexander Batzios [001126 21:44] wrote: > Hi all. I've just had to go to Linsux, uhm, Linux due to some compatibility > issues. I've tried mandrake and redhat but it seems they are too unstable to > use. > > I'm thinking of going back to freebsd but there are certain issues that > concern me. > 1) I need to do some serious software development with JBuilder. I've only > seen JBuilder and Java for Linux. Is there a chance they'll run on FreeBSD? Do > I have to use some sort of linux emulation? If yes, how fast and reliable is > it? > > 2) How good is KDE 2 support in FreeBSD 2? > > 3) I am using a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. Is FreeBSD compatible with that? 1) good, let us know if you have any problems though 2) good 3) i remeber seeing some mail that it is. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message