Do all *NIX programs work on all others ? Do Unix programs run on Linux and
vice-versa... ??? Would FreeBSD UNIX programs work on SCO-Unix, etc.?
Thanx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trond Eivind Glomsrød" <teg@redhat.com>
To: "Kapil Tilwani" <karan_pg_2@yahoo.com>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] A small question about Red Hat
> (not relevant to postgresql, so I suggest you ask this on
> e.g. redhat-list: http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists/ )
>
> "Kapil Tilwani" <karan_pg_2@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > Red Hat is Open Source and is freely downloadable, right? But, if I
> > have acquired a CD from some source, other than Red Hat, can I install
> > on unlimited Computers?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Secondly, what if he had purchased the CD, would a copy of it be
> > illegal?
>
> No.
>
> > Also, is it easy to learn FreeBSD for someone like me who knows just
> > VB and not even NT completely. Is FreeBSD graphical also?
>
> It has the same underlying programs as Linux has for graphical display
> (X, Gnome/KDE) - you might have a harder time getting accelerated 3D
> graphics, other than that, the programs are similar.
>
> --
> Trond Eivind Glomsrød
> Red Hat, Inc.
>
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