Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 22:07:58 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: jackv@earthling.net (Jack Velte) Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, yelowjam@pacbell.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD Linux emulation Message-ID: <199806050307.WAA00391@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <01bd8ffb$a3e37cc0$f820aace@eliot.pacbell.net> from Jack Velte at "Jun 4, 98 01:59:18 pm"
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Jack Velte said: > > > >Jack Velte said: > >> > >> how well does this work? if it works well, then it's a very good thing > >> because it'll be easier to canabalize linux users. 100% linux capability > >> would be a very good thing. is the `emulation' slower? > >> > >Generally FreeBSD emulation of Linux is slightly faster, and MUCH faster > >under load. Running certain LL benchmarks, FreeBSD is slower, but app > >performance is supurb. > > do 100% of the app's run 100% of the time? (except for the buggy ones, eh?) > > then a slogan like, "freebsd, the stable linux," would work pretty well in > linux journal, maybe. > Unfortunately, it is hard to standardize against a moving target. FreeBSD isn't quite 100%, but more like 95-99%. Not good enough for 100%, unless a seriously funded organization is willing to work the support issues to force it to 100%. :-(. Earlier on, I had a dream of a Linux upgrade in the form of slipping in a FreeBSD kernel. It would almost work, but not quite (device nodes, some missing Linux emulation API, etc.) :-(. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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