From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 22 17:29:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0457816A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:29:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.acuson.com (ac17860.acuson.com [157.226.71.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8A5143D49 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:29:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02.acuson.com ([157.226.230.209]:2690) by zeus.acuson.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1B5ajA-0005jc-54; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:29:12 -0800 Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:19:58 -0800 Received: from dhcp-46-107.acuson.com ([157.226.46.107]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id GFNWQF80; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:18:42 -0800 From: Johnson David To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Organization: Siemens Medical Systems Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:27:12 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403221727.12320.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1B5ajA-0005jc-54*mCbGz1SRWzY* cc: Gary Stewart Subject: Re: Real BSD Newbie X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:29:34 -0000 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. David