Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 23:14:59 -0400 From: David Banning <david@www3.pacific-pages.com> To: Bill Barnes <kgbsoft@yahoo.com> Cc: Mail List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Linux binary mode / possl package Message-ID: <20010407231459.D36393@www3.pacific-pages.com> In-Reply-To: <20010407063916.8207.qmail@web13308.mail.yahoo.com>; from kgbsoft@yahoo.com on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 11:39:16PM -0700 References: <20010407063916.8207.qmail@web13308.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 11:39:16PM -0700, Bill Barnes wrote: > Hello All: > > General question - is the linux mode specific to a > linux version, e.g., 2.0.x+, 2.2.x+. or is it > transparent? I'm just am amatuer in this but having some experience running Linux stuff under FreeBSD it seems to me that if you have a program which requires a specific version of Linux it would have more to do with the libraries than the kernel. > > To be specific - 'Panther' from Prolifics ( > www.possl.org ) lists RedHat 6.0 and SuSE 6.4 as > supported platforms and maybe others. It requires > Open Motif 2.1.30. I would expect it to be a problem > on SuSE 7.1. > It is open source so could be compiled, I suppose, for > FreeBSD? I would expect so.. I have installed a number of applications which are not in the FreeBSD ports. They seemed to compile and install without too many problems. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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