From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 14 15:56:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03457 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 15:56:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from PigStuy.dyn.ml.org (nyc-ny63-17.ix.netcom.com [209.109.224.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA03451 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 15:56:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@ix.netcom.com) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by PigStuy.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA00477; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:55:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from spork@ix.netcom.com) X-Authentication-Warning: PigStuy.dyn.ml.org: spork owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:55:09 -0500 (EST) From: Spike Gronim X-Sender: spork@PigStuy.dyn.ml.org Reply-To: sporkl@ix.netcom.com To: jimtnelson cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <3674B380.C81F916@earthlink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, 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? Depends on the platform... we can run (some)BSD/OS executables, as well as Linux and SCO stuff. > > What fortran compilers are available for FreeBSD? G77, the Gnu Fortran 77 compiler. > > How does FreeBSD differ from BSD unix? FreeBSD is a variant of BSD Unix. It includes code from BSD 4.4-Lite. > > I am currently running mklinux on a macintosh 7500 power pc. Is there a > FreeBSD available for a Mac 7500 PCI machine? No, FreeBSD only runs on i386 based processors (With Alpha and Sparc ports in the works) > Where can I get further info? http://www.freebsd.org > > Thanks in advance. > > Jim Nelson -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message