Re: Interested but am i compatible?
Am Sat, 04 Oct 2003 12:41:20 +0100 schrieb William Labbett: > hi all, > > i like to try out FreeBSD for various reasons > i've got a few questions; > > are there HP Printer drivers available and also Artec scanner drivers? what printer? What scanner? www.linuxprinting.org (also goes for FreeBsd as you can use the same printing system...) > is there a freeware C/C++ compiler available > and (less importantly) a freeware > text editor or C/C++ project IDE ?? Well, of course GCC but that's Free Software and not Freeware (and the best compiler anyway ;-) IDE: lots of; > will it work on on a BrillianX motherboard? > > what kind of modem will i need. > > i think i've got a WinModem - Conextant or something.. I am sucessfully using a Conexant Softmodem on Linux - FreeBSD drivers are not available. plz be a little more specific about your hardware _nobody_ can or will help you if you ask like that Peschmä ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Interested but am i compatible?
- Original Message - From: "William Labbett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 4:41 AM Subject: Interested but am i compatible? > hi all, > > i like to try out FreeBSD for various reasons > i've got a few questions; > > are there HP Printer drivers available and > also Artec scanner drivers? > > is there a freeware C/C++ compiler available > and (less importantly) a freeware > text editor or C/C++ project IDE ?? > > will it work on on a BrillianX motherboard? > > what kind of modem will i need. > > i think i've got a WinModem - Conextant or > something.. > > plz help me out... > > thx for any help, For hardware information you can find it at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-supported-hardware.html and it just depends on what release of freeBSD you are shooting for. To find out what known software packages (called ports on freebsd) are available you can go here: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ If you can't find it there then go to groups.google.com and search by "group:*freebsd* " and see what you can find there. HTH ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Interested but am i compatible?
On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 19:41, William Labbett wrote: > are there HP Printer drivers available and Yes. Supported by HP also through hpijs. For more information on how well yours is supported see: http://www.linuxprinting.org > also Artec scanner drivers? Maybe.. through Sane. Check your model. http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#ARTEC-ULTIMA > is there a freeware C/C++ compiler available > and (less importantly) a freeware > text editor or C/C++ project IDE ?? Text Editors: Yes LOTS! There are religious wars over them too. :) Two good ones are vim (http://www.vim.org) and emacs. GUI/IDEs: Yes Two good ones Anjuta (http://anjuta.sourceforge.net) or KDevelop (http://www.kdevelop.org) Compiler: Yes, not just C and C++ gcc (http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc.html) > will it work on on a BrillianX motherboard? Not sure on this one. If it's a normal PC motherboard with standard chipsets (via, intel), I don't see why not. > what kind of modem will i need. WinModems might be supported, but hardware modems (usually external ones) are guaranteed to work. A good place to start is the freebsd handbook, when you are learning freebsd: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook (also available in /usr/share/doc after installation) And I found Dru Lavigne's tutorials most helpful. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/15 -- "Optimized, readable, on time; Pick any two." FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386 10:29PM up 3 days, 15:10, 1 user, load averages: 0.38, 0.33, 0.26 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Interested but am i compatible?
William Labbett wrote:
hi all,
i like to try out FreeBSD for various reasons
i've got a few questions;
are there HP Printer drivers available and
also Artec scanner drivers?
Check the hardware compatability list
at www.freebsd.org/handbook ... also
the section on printing. I imagine that you
can get the printers working without too
much headache. Dunno about the scanners.
is there a freeware C/C++ compiler available
and (less importantly) a freeware
text editor or C/C++ project IDE ??
Compiler's built in. Others are available
as packages or ports. And the whole
OS is freeware --- UNIX and text editors
go hand in hand (line from handbook or
some documentation I think I recall ('you
will find a significant portion of your work
in UNIX will involve editing text files').
I'm not sure about the number or
qualtiy of IDE's but I'm sure that
they are availabe, and someone's
bound to have something pretty nice out
there...
FBSD has "Linux-compatability" mode
as well, so there is just zillions of possible
programs out there...over 9000 programs
that will install automagically via the FBSD
ports tree, for example.
will it work on on a BrillianX motherboard?
Dunno...again, check the HCL. Generally speaking,
it ought to, but if it has some unsupported disk controller
or onboard whatever
5.1 is out and I've been pleased with the strides
made in hardware support since I started FBSD
2.5 years ago. But, before you rush to install it,
the FreeBSD Foundation hasn't yet got Java working
(last I read on their site) on 5.x, so maybe 4.8/9
would be what you want.
what kind of modem will i need.
i think i've got a WinModem - Conextant or
something..
The standard line for years was "no winmodems."
That might have changed. You might send mail back
to the list with a more specific subject line ... 'interested
but am I compatible' sounds just a tad like responding
to a personal ad ;-) I just bought a USR serial to use
with FreeBSD. Never tried dialing up with it before,
so I thought I'd be traditional and "safe".
thx for any help,
william labbett ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Interested but am i compatible?
hi all, i like to try out FreeBSD for various reasons i've got a few questions; are there HP Printer drivers available and also Artec scanner drivers? is there a freeware C/C++ compiler available and (less importantly) a freeware text editor or C/C++ project IDE ?? will it work on on a BrillianX motherboard? what kind of modem will i need. i think i've got a WinModem - Conextant or something.. plz help me out... thx for any help, william labbett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
