From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 23 13:44:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA08248 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 13:44:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA08087 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 13:40:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-166.laker.net [208.0.233.66]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id QAA09899; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:39:55 -0400 Message-Id: <199810232039.QAA09899@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Al Stodolski" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:37:46 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Commercial Applications (even free ones)! Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:17:27 -0400, Al Stodolski wrote: >When an application is referring to OS types, and Linux is mentioned can I also assume FreeBSD as well? No. Some Linux apps will run under FreeBSD's Linux emulator and some won't. Either ask on this list about a specific app, or simply install it and try it. Note that Oracle is porting to Linux and it doesn't run under FreeBSD yet. Oracle is also rumored to have a natice FreeBSD port running internally. Call or write Oracle if you are interested. >For example, Partition Magic wants to know what type of OS it will be making a partion for. One of the choices is Linux. >Can I assume that this partition will be the same for FreeBSD as for Linux ? You don't need to use Partition Magic to create a FreeBSD partition, just to make room for it. >What do I need to know to install an "app" intended for Linux but will be targeted for FreeBSD. Varies on a per app basis. Ask this list and/or the developer of the app. >Is it just the ELF vs a.out issue or are there other considerations. If you are asking these questions, I'd say you are not a good candidate for running 3.0 R. If you are not an experienced FreeBSD user/admin, it would be easier to use 2.2.7R. And then learn how to track -stable. Trying to do these things while also troubleshooting bugs in 3.0 is not wise, IMNSHO (not so). Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message