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Originally Posted by Oko
That is just not possible. Especially the second thing.
Hulu is Linux specific. Why are you bothering us? There are some good specialized Linux distros which will fit your needs.
dvd+rw-tools. For encrypted DVDs you will have to learn how to use libcss and
mencoder.
I think that the first is misspelling and you meant Photoshop. I am not even sure that Photoshop is available on Linux let alone on *BSD. In BSD world we use little bit more advanced tools like GraphicsMagic.
That is ridiculous. I would have hard time that Word 2003 works via Wine even on
Linux. Wine does NOT run on most BSDs.
Not theoretically possible.
There are many printers. Some of them a so called win printers. They require windows OS. Most decent now days can print of USBs and scan on them. They do not even require computer. Most decent printers speak PostScript language. They do not need any drivers to work. I do not know if you have a decent hardware.
NVidia doesn't have open source drivers for any OS. If you want to use NVidia stick to Windows.
There are no BSD drivers for any tuner cards except bkrt driver written by NetBSD people and ported to all BSDs. It provides support for PCI-based TV cards using a Brooktree Bt848/849/878/879 or a Conexant CN-878/Fusion 878a Video Capture Chip with the bktr(4) driver. You would have very hart time finding those on E-bay these days. |
can I expect to surf the net
completely safe and anonymous? No. Can I make it excessively difficult for internet spies and cyberthugs to mess with me? Definitely! Security and privacy software was my first research topic, and have three-inch binder of printouts as reference. Just
how safe, and
how anonymous you want to be depends entirely on how much inconvenience, effort, and expense you are willing to endure.
So far as I know, both Linux and XP Pro can access Internet-TV sites, so whether or not PC-BSD can is of no importance. That is the benefit of having three OSs...if one cannot handle something, the others likely can.
PhotoShop CS3 is for XP Pro. GIMP is for Linux. I will look into 'GraphicsMagic' for PC-BSD. Thanks for the tip!
Word 2003 is for XP Pro. Abiword is for Linux. Don't know if PC-BSD has word processing software or not. Wine supposedly runs Word 2003 on Xandros Linux, and if XP Pro ever goes into catastrophic failure, I may pursue that, but until then, I'm not interested in Wine.
As for secure online shopping, refer to "safe and anonymous". While
totally secure may not be "theoretically possible", this to comes in many degrees, depending on how much effort one is willing to engage.
For B&W laser printers and color inkjet printers, I require they are able to handle Linux Mint, XP Pro
and PC-BSD. Next they are not ink gluttons, nor require outrageously overpriced refills (inkjet printers must have separate cartridges for each color). Lastly, absolutely no combo-crap...I want printer only (i.e. no fax, copier, etc.).
I originally wanted ATI/AMD graphics card, but everyone on other forums said I had to go nVIDIA, or else forget about Linux and BSD. Now you say the exact opposite! Plus 'shep' says opposite to you! I'm beginning to think you BSD aficionados have no idea exactly what graphic cards PC-BSD will actually use, and are just guessing! Or are you just playing at 'confuse the newbie'?
I can find pretty much anything on internet shopping sites, but need to narrow this down to
specific brands and model numbers. Trying to find generic TV tuner cards only by certain chips is likely waste of time.