Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:27:12 -0800 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: Gary Stewart <garystewart@verizon.net> Subject: Re: Real BSD Newbie Message-ID: <200403221727.12320.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <c3o2su%2B10dpc@eGroups.com>
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On Monday 22 March 2004 05:11 pm, Gary Stewart wrote: > Hello group, > My name is Gary and I am so new I haven't even started using it. I am > just looking into it. I use Linux-Mandrake right now. BSD intrigues > me though, I understand (tell me if I am wrong) that you can run > different OS programs as if they are native. You can use most Linux programs as if they were native. Currently I am using native Linux Acrobat Reader and Netscape with no problems at all. Install them through ports and they just work. I understand that SCO binaries work as well, but I can't imagine that you would want to :-P > As I move on in my learning of BSD you may hear a lot from me :-) Welcome to the club. Just remember that this is not the list for technical or installation questions. Send them to -questions instead. Read the Handbook and FAQ (or at least the parts that are relevant to you). They are very well written. Davidhome | help
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