FreeBSD?

[soulja]

i like how freebsd sounds and all but can it handle windows stuff ? like exe or what ever and where is a good download of this, i know its free and it shouldn't really be counted as warez, if it is i apologize

[willy_ph]

Like many other flavours of linux, you'll have to find a windows emulator for FreeBSD. Keep in mind that FreeBSD is a unix derivative, rather than linux. FreeBSD does offer linux compatibility though.

FreeBSD is far from considered warez. As to your question about windows stuff, you'll need emulation software.

Check out www.freebsd.org for download mirrors and a very comprehensive documentation release.

[phrozen_dreamz]

What's BSD?

[bfcx]

Web Definition: BSD - Berkeley Software Distribution. Implementation of the UNIX operating system and its utilities developed and distributed by the University of California at Berkeley. BSD is usually preceded by the version number of the distribution, e.g., 4.3 BSD is version 4.3 of the Berkeley UNIX distribution. Many Internet hosts run BSD software, and it is the ancestor of many commercial UNIX implementations.
www-rohan.sdsu.edu/glossary.html

Google explained it better than i could

Edit: Also in Mac OSX there is a BSD type core running under Apples GUI.

And you probably wont be able to run most windows exe files, you could use WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator) that allows some major programs (like Office/photoshop) to run on linux/BSD, but it's a pain to setup for newbies usually.

[willy_ph]

Have you used a text only installation method in linux before? Think Debian or Slackware install. If not, installing the OS will be a somewhat difficult task, hoever it's not unmanagable. Make sure you take a look at the doucmentation before proceeding. It'll save you time and frustration.