Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 21:41:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Mohit Aron <aron@cs.rice.edu> To: protozoa@locutus.ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us (Dan Feldman) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel as a replacement for Linux kernel Message-ID: <200005240241.VAA08232@noel.cs.rice.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005231920460.76339-100000@locutus.ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us> from "Dan Feldman" at May 23, 2000 07:27:30 PM
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > First of all, FreeBSD's kernel can use both the Linux and FreeBSD > interfaces at once. Although it might be possible to remove the FreeBSD > interfaces, then all you have are the Linux ones - it sounds like a loss > in functionality to me. Second, the Linux emulator is actually extremely > good - even very complex threaded programs work perfectly. Problems do > exist, but these are mostly in the /dev tree and drivers, not in the call > interface. Sound, video framebuffers, and SVGAlib all work, but only > barely. Thus I think the only advantage would be that FreeBSD userspace > apps could use glibc, which is nice, but would break the copyrights on > both trees :). > Also, package installs are rather troublesome (unless you install from FreeBSD ports). By default any libraries tend to be installed in /usr/lib whereas they should go in /compat/linux/usr/lib and so on. Its hard to get Linux binary packages from the Internet to install easily on FreeBSD. > If you're really interested in this kind of OS hybridism, why not use the > GNU/FreeBSD system put out by Debian a while back? > Yes, that'll be perfect for me (and for so many other users wanting to use FreeBSD on their desktop). I looked at Debian's webpages - couldn't find the GNU/FreeBSD system. However, I'll take a closer look. Thanks, - Mohit To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200005240241.VAA08232>