Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 22:51:27 -0500 From: Bob Johnson <bob@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> To: alex_b@MailAndNews.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: JBuilder, Linux Compatibility Message-ID: <3A232BBF.93C02F55@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 00:43:11 -0500 > From: Alexander Batzios <alex_b@MailAndNews.com> > Subject: JBuilder, Linux Compatibility > > 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? Do > I have to use some sort of linux emulation? If yes, how fast and reliable is > it? FreeBSD has a Linux compatibility mode in which Linux libraries are installed and used by FreeBSD. It probably isn't correct to call it "emulation". Linux programs run at full speed because everything runs as normal compiled Linux code: there is no "emulation" layer to slow things down. I don't know about JBuilder specifically, but most Linux code will run under FreeBSD. > > 2) How good is KDE 2 support in FreeBSD 2? I've never used it, but it is available and I've heard that it works. I'm sure someone else can provide more detail. > > 3) I am using a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. Is FreeBSD compatible with that? I use FreeBSD on an Inspiron 7500 as my primary system. It works quite well (suspend-to-disk for example is more reliable than under Windows 98). You may want to take a look at my hints for FreeBSD on the 7500 at http://www.afn.org/~afn01750/inspiron.html. In particular, the XF86Config file may help get you started, although I'm sure it isn't optimum. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. I hope that helps. Good luck. > > Thanks in advance, > alex - Bob -- -- Bob Johnson -- bobj@ufl.edu -- bobj@atlantic.net -- "We want one class to have a liberal education. We want another class, a very much larger class of necessity, to forgo the privilege of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks." - Woodrow Wilson, explaining why the U.S. public school system is designed to produce illiterates. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3A232BBF.93C02F55>