From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 27 17: 3: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.1.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0D1237B4C5 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:03:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from pop1.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (pop1.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.2.115]) by out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAS130i37150; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:03:00 -0600 (CST) Received: from tabby (d166.as6.nwbl0.wi.voyager.net [169.207.130.40]) by pop1.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id eAS12wp96336; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:02:59 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <200011280102.eAS12wp96336@pop1.nwbl.wi.voyager.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Mark Rowlands Cc: Alexander Batzios , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JBuilder, Linux Compatibility In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 27 Nov 2000 08:07:48 +0100." <00112708074803.01640@web1.tninet.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:06:11 -0600 From: David Deaven Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark, JBuilder 4 for Linux does not run on FreeBSD-4.1, but the Sun JDK 1.3 for Linux runs fine (after a minor obvious patch to the java script). With some work I suspect th JBuilder package could run on FreeBSD; I have no pressing need and investigated only out of curiosity. Dave >On Monday 27 November 2000 06:43, Alexander Batzios 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? > > >No idea but there is generic support for java. > >Port: jdk-1.1.8 >Path: /usr/ports/java/jdk >Info: Sun's Java Developers Kit >Maint: nate@FreeBSD.org - maybe this guy can help you more > > > >> Do I have to use some sort of linux emulation? If yes, how fast and >> reliable is it? > >Probably, reasonably,quite. > > >> 2) How good is KDE 2 support in FreeBSD 2? > >/usr/ports/x11/kde2 Well I use it and it mostly works and I am mostly > >happy with it > > >> 3) I am using a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. Is FreeBSD compatible with that? > >Greg Lehey has got one...so it probably works > >Hope that is of some use. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- ------------------------------------- David Deaven deaven@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~deaven To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message