On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:55:36 -0700 (PDT) mell miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi all, i've just recently heard of bsd and am seriously considering going that way, > but before i go much further i have what is likely a stupid question but since in > the past i've disregarded such questions thinking they were unimportant or that the > answer was obvious only to later regret it i shall ask my stupid question. nearly > all software and hardware is window compatable and most require a windows o/s, does > this mean bsd users are left out in the cold or are there alternative releases or is > most software/hardware also compatable with a bsd o/s? I have had very good luck when it comes to using FreeBSD. There is a large amount of software existing in the ports. Check out... http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.8R/hardware-i386.html http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"