[PLUG] What about BSD?

[Brian Horan]

FreeBSD is capable of using RPMs...the support isn't the greatest, but it is 
pretty cool....what do you mean as far as 'exporting'? you can do the old X 
display stuff, and run the apps on the remote box....or you can get those 
apps working under FreeBSD....

I'm not sure about StarOffice on FreeBSD, however I use OpenOffice (FreeBSD 
4.6) pretty regularly...it works pretty well

On Tuesday 13 August 2002 01:33 pm, Preston Crawford wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Brian Horan wrote:
> > Having used FreeBSD as a primary Desktop/Server OS for years....I would
> > thoroughly recommend it. The ports collection makes it fun for use on
> > your desktop....they even have a Linux emulation system.....as well as a
> > full(?) Linux development system....you can compile linux executables on
> > you FreeBSD box.....
>
> Okay, one more question. I setup a second computer to export the desktop
> from my main computer. That's the computer on which I installed FreeBSD.
> When I export X in SuSE it fires up a bunch of libraries. Will it be
> possible to export to FreeBSD or do I need to isntall those libraries? Can
> I install those libraries? Also, I bought a couple apps (Quanta Pro, Star
> Office for SuSE). Is it easy to install Linux apps on FreeBSD or is
> compatibility for commercial software like that pretty low?
>
> Preston
>
>
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