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To: Stormweaver who wrote (20082)	9/21/1999 4:55:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

I don't know what you mean by 'traditional apps'. FreeBSD doesn't have the variety of of applications that are available on Linux and it's tough to get 'Linux emulation mode' to work with everything. I don't pay much attention to what is and is not available for it, but if you are that interested, search under "FreeBSD" on your favorite engine. You'll get more info than you can imagine. Personally, I just use editors, compilers, and debuggers during the day. I'm on X-11 R6 Windows & gnu + rcs + gdb. I use it because it's a shop standard. Every now & then I have to port something to FreeBSD, like API's and there are inconsistencies in the libs, but, other than that, most of the 3rd party applications I could use are a waste of time to install and mess with, so I stick with what works. We do have a few engineers working on NT, but it's such a piece of junk that we discourage it. The "Office" package that comes with it is total trash. The e-mail and meeting maker (is that what it's called??) crash & burn constantly so mgmt personnel are always running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to catch up with the engineers they attempt to manage. I keep my schedules in an ascii text file & it ALWAYS WORKS. My boss winds up coming to me asking when the meetings are scheduled. I do think the talking paper clip is kind of cute, though... Every now & then some docs come through in the pdf format. It's a pain, but I'm fixing a Linux pdf reader to work with FreeBSD. FreeBSD is great, but I'd recommend using Linux to a new shop. There's more action with Linux right now, so it's easier to deal with.