Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 01:06:20 -0700 From: borehawg <bangpath@bellsouth.net> To: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>, otter@tig.com.au Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Very basic questions... Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000510010620.00797770@mail.atl.bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990509183540.9185M-100000@dsinw.com> References: <3.0.5.32.19990510111738.007b0150@pop.tig.com.au>
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At 06:48 PM 5/9/99 -0700, some wacky FreeBSD user wrote:
>> I was wondering if someone can give me a bit of a pointer, FreeBSD is a
>> I was hoping there'd be a really easy way out of stumbling along
>> ignorantly, perhaps I can run X-Windows under BSD and still use all my old
>> apps while I'm learning the foibles of the new OS....
>
> X-Windows is not MS-Windows. You're not going to be able to run
>something like Word for Windows. BUT there have been several programs
>ported over to Unix. Wordperfect is one example.
The Linux General Store here in Atlanta has a weekly "hardware forum" when
Linux (and FreeBSD) users can get together. The last time I was down there,
someone had installed VMWare for Linux, and had a *fully functioning*
install of Windows NT and Office 200 running in a virtual window (kinda
like VirtualPC for Macintosh). I haven't looked into it fully, but it's
still in the beta stages (but works great). I am hoping they will have a
FreeBSD ports soon, since it will run FreeBSD in the virtual window under
Linux.
However, for someone running NT on his box, and wants to learn FreeBSD on
the side, this is an excellent way to slowly migrate over and still use the
current apps that need/require Windows (provided the user has sufficient
hardware requirements to run all this).
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Andrew ---> bangpath@bellsouth.net
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C++? Java? Perl? To Hell with it!!
AppleSoft Basic all the way!!!
Dude!
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