Some Simple Questions

[Paul A. Hoadley]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 09:28:16PM -0700, Spuds wrote:

> 1) Is FreeBSD truly free, as in I don't have to pay for it and can
> download it at no charge or is FreeBSD just a name?

Yes, it is truly free.  You can download it at no charge.

> 3) Is FreeBSD compatible with Linux software? I believe I read that
> somewhere.

Yes, you can run Linux binaries.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html

> 4) Can FreeBSD run on a laptop that is hardware compatible, as I
> know some OS's cannot run on laptops but can on desktops?

FreeBSD runs on laptops.

I skipped the SCO question.  I've lost interest.  Greg Lehey has a
comprehensive page on the issue:

http://www.lemis.com/grog/sco.html


-- 
Paul.

mailto:paulh at logicsquad.net
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