Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 19:49:51 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Rick Knebel <rknebel@uplink.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBsd Message-ID: <19990906194951.A1137@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19990906144527.L1422@rknebel.uplink.net>; from Rick Knebel on Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 02:45:27PM -0400 References: <19990906144527.L1422@rknebel.uplink.net>
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On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 02:45:27PM -0400, Rick Knebel wrote:
> Hi, I ahve been using linux for a short period of time, but am
> unhappy with the fragmention. What I mean is all the differnet
> distributions. I would want to use freebsd for the gateway to the
> internet for my two other computers , a Mac and a Win98 computer.
> I would also what it to act as a mailserver for the other two
> computers. Would this be any harder to set up in FreeBSD than
> Linux?
No.
> How is the Desktop in FReeBSD.
How do you want it? There are >20 different window managers for
FreeBSD, including KDE, Afterstep, Windowmaker etc. (I'm a Luddite,
I use OpenLook :) ).
> Could I realistically use it for my home workstation?
Yes, no problem.
> Will things like WP8 run on freebsd?
>
Yes. FreeBSD runs nearly all Linux binaries. There are even reports
of them running faster under FreeBSD than Linux :)
> I would appreciate any comments or suggestions.
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
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