From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 18 15:25:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F85316A45C for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:25:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from albi@scii.nl) Received: from post-25.mail.nl.demon.net (post-25.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 445A143D5D for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:25:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from albi@scii.nl) Received: from aseed.demon.nl ([83.160.138.119]:13143) by post-25.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1FVs4h-000PZB-Ac; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:25:07 +0000 Received: from aseed.demon.nl (unknown [192.168.0.48]) by aseed.demon.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FE8B581106; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:25:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from assata.aseed.net (unknown [192.168.0.35]) by aseed.demon.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20D36581062; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:25:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from http.aseed.net (unknown [192.168.0.50]) by assata.aseed.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E7DC2A0950; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:26:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.11] (217-19-30-147.dsl.cambrium.nl [217.19.30.147]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by http.aseed.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B759258C6E4; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:25:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <444504CF.8090301@scii.nl> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:25:03 +0200 From: albi User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rhys Sage References: <20060418150537.6619.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060418150537.6619.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AV-Checked: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Several questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:25:12 -0000 Rhys Sage wrote: > 1. Will FreeBSD run on my Compaq Presario V2570NR yes, probably > (Athlon 64, 512mb DDR, WIFI and several interesting > desktop buttons by Compaq)? the desktop buttons have to be done after the install by yourself, and perhaps the onboard wifi-card is not supported > 2. Does FreeBSD come with a GUI or is it compatible > with the Athene GUI? FreeBSD comes with Xorg > 3. Is there any software for FreeBSD that will read > Canon CR2 files from my Canon XT? > > 4. Is it possible to run Mac OSX software on FreeBSD? yes and no, there's qemu which you can try, YMMV http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QEMU > My questions are because I want to transfer from > Windows XP and to maintain my OpenOffice, > PhotoProcessing and internet capabilities, while not > using a virus magnet like Windows. (also keeps my 8 > year old from trying to load CDs of games behind my back. i would suggest to start with a dual-boot, re-partitioning can easily be done with gparted : http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php gparted is an open-source equivalent to the commercial closed-source partition-magic -- grtjs, albi gpg-key: lynx -dump http://scii.nl/~albi/gpg.asc | gpg --import