FreeBSD as Desktop OS with support for Windows

2002-11-28 Thread Nelis Lamprecht
Hi People I want to use FreeBSD as my desktop OS with Gnome but I still need to do Windows luser support. I have installed Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7 Stable and now I'm trying to figure out what is the best solution. Does the Vmware port still work and or should I just install Samba and which

Re: FreeBSD as Desktop OS with support for Windows

2002-11-28 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-11-28 16:14:38 +0200: Hi People I want to use FreeBSD as my desktop OS with Gnome but I still need to do Windows luser support. I have installed Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7 Stable and now I'm trying to figure out what is the best solution. Does the Vmware port still

Re: FreeBSD as Desktop OS with support for Windows

2002-11-28 Thread Konrad Heuer
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-11-28 16:14:38 +0200: Hi People I want to use FreeBSD as my desktop OS with Gnome but I still need to do Windows luser support. I have installed Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7 Stable and now I'm trying to figure out what

Re: FreeBSD as Desktop OS with support for Windows

2002-11-28 Thread Avleen Vig
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: I use TightVNC instead of vmware. Works quite fine, and it's almost free (GPL). As for office software: all my attempts to use various incarnations ended in disasters: [snip] so, my advice would be: vmware or vnc.

Re: FreeBSD as Desktop OS with support for Windows

2002-11-28 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-11-28 15:58:21 +0100: On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-11-28 16:14:38 +0200: which Office Software would be best suited to use that is compatible with MS Word and Exel ? I know of Openoffice, Gnomeoffice and Staroffice

Re: FreeBSD as Desktop OS with support for Windows

2002-11-28 Thread Scott Robbins
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 04:14:38PM +0200, Nelis Lamprecht wrote: Hi People I want to use FreeBSD as my desktop OS with Gnome but I still need to do Windows luser support. I have installed Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7 Stable and now I'm trying to figure out what is the best solution. Does the

Re: FreeBSD as Desktop OS with support for Windows

2002-11-28 Thread Kenneth Culver
I want to use FreeBSD as my desktop OS with Gnome but I still need to do Windows luser support. I have installed Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7 Stable and now I'm trying to figure out what is the best solution. Does the Vmware port still work and or should I just install Samba and which Office