Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:32:28 -0400 From: drifter@stratos.net To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, Jack Velte <jackv@earthling.net> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Linux emulation Message-ID: <19980604233228.A7626@stratos.net> In-Reply-To: <199806041907.OAA02122@dyson.iquest.net>; from John S. Dyson on Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 02:07:53PM -0500 References: <01bd8fbf$f4dea780$f820aace@eliot.pacbell.net> <199806041907.OAA02122@dyson.iquest.net>
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On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 02:07:53PM -0500, John S. Dyson wrote:
> 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.
Just out of curiosity, I noticed that when I run Adobe Acrobat
Reader or StarOffice under Linux emulation, drawing of pages (under
Acrobat) or toolbar icons (under StarOffice) seems to be painfully
slow.
By painfully, I don't mean unusable, just that (under StarOffice),
every time you switch back to the virtual desktop containing StarOffice,
you can actually see each individual icon being painted on the screen
one-by-one.
My native FreeBSD programs don't do this, so I was just wondering.
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