Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:10:37 +1100 From: Philip Sydney Lavers <psl02@uow.edu.au> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Linux compatibility problems, 4.8 and 5.1 Message-ID: <29fc3146.e1f325fe.8454c00@mirapoint.uow.edu.au>
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Gentlemen, I am a long term user of FreeBSD. recently i have migrated through 4.2, 4.4 and 4.7 with wonderful usefulness except that I have never got CUPS or anything else to drive my CanonS400SP printer. I have a linux machine in my network just to print things on the Canon. This was just a nuisance. Now I have four new machines with 4.8 in one and 5.1 in the other three on which I need to run some distributed processing routines. To my dismay, Linux compatibility and everything that depends on it fails both on installation and when I try manual ports. Apache ant also fails in the same way. Also Clusterit would not install. I am phycisist, not really a computer person, but I need something like FreeBSd because my trusty DEC Alpha has finally died. The machines that I am using are a PentiumIII and three AMD Athlons. I would be grateful to receive any suggestions. I have found nothing useful on the mailing lists. I hope you can help me. Regards, and thanks for this wonderful OS, Philip Lavers.
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