From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 14 09:51:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B10E416A417 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:51:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6334E13C46C for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:51:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 12236 invoked from network); 14 Aug 2007 04:51:05 -0500 Received: from 203-206-233-219.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.206.233.219) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 14 Aug 2007 04:51:05 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:27:07 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Brooks Lackey Message-ID: <20070814192707.0c6b0723@localhost> In-Reply-To: <807695.72410.qm@web61018.mail.yahoo.com> References: <807695.72410.qm@web61018.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for an OS and wanting to know if this is the one. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:51:08 -0000 On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:51:20 -0700 (PDT) Brooks Lackey wrote: > Can i use Yahoo Messanger, Itunes, & AOL Messanger. I use (when forced to ) gaim to talk to people on yahoo + AOL messenger networks. I dont know how complete are gaim features compared to the original commercial products. iTunes, natively, no. I dont know whether u can run it under Wine. > > I am just looking around as i am now tired of Windows. > I dont know everything about OS but i like to learn > new things and if there is something better out there > i def. would like to use it. if those are just your requirements, it may be easier for you to use MacOSX. but you don't say what has tired you of Windows...some things are similar (closed source, commercial), lots of other things are very different. and...some of that applies to FreeBSD too, i suspect. Give us more info and we may be able to help you better, B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Too bad ignorance isn't painful." Don Lindsay I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.