From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 7 13:24:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03927 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:24:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ilink.nis.za (ilink.nis.za [196.6.121.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA03867 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:24:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sknight@ilink.nis.za) Received: from ppp-ct2-9.nis.za [196.28.5.136] by ilink.nis.za with smtp (Exim 1.73 #2) id 0yMeui-0001U8-00; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 22:24:12 +0200 From: "Stephen Knight" To: Subject: Questions . . . Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 22:27:13 +0200 Message-ID: <01bd6263$8e002360$LocalHost@stephen> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000C_01BD6274.5188F360" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01BD6274.5188F360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi there . My friend recommended that I tried out FreeBSD. I am used to working in = a windows environment and I was just wondering if my applications that I = have on Windows 95 would still be able to work on X Windows which I am = told I would get with FreeBSD. Applications that I am talking about are WinZip, Cheyenne BitWare, FTP, = word processing, E-mail, etc. Would I be able to install these programs as usual as I would in Windows = ? Please get back to me as I am interested to know these things and = possibly even install FreeBSD on my PC. PS : Do you know where I would be able to obtain my own copy of FreeBSD. = I live in South Africa. ________________________________________ Stephen Knight sknight@ilink.nis.za 10 Blenheim Road Plumstead, 7800 SOUTH AFRICA Tel : +27-21-761 6825 Fax : +27-21-761 6825 ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01BD6274.5188F360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi there .

My friend recommended that I tried out = FreeBSD. I=20 am used to working in a windows environment and I was just wondering if = my=20 applications that I have on Windows 95 would still be able to work on X = Windows=20 which I am told I would get with FreeBSD.

Applications that I am talking about = are WinZip,=20 Cheyenne BitWare, FTP, word processing, E-mail, etc.

Would I be able to install these = programs as usual=20 as I would in Windows ?

Please get back to me as I am = interested to know=20 these things and possibly even install FreeBSD on my PC.

PS : Do you know where I would be able = to obtain my=20 own copy of FreeBSD. I live in South Africa.

________________________________________

Stephen=20 Knight &= nbsp; =20 sknight@ilink.nis.za

10 Blenheim = Road
Plumstead,=20 7800
SOUTH AFRICA

Tel : +27-21-761 = 6825
Fax :=20 +27-21-761 6825

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