From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 21 22:17:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA01580 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 22:17:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA01572 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 22:17:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA25544; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 00:17:11 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 00:17:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Ron cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: difference between Freebsd and Linux In-Reply-To: <349DD9B4.C03BFE17@interlog.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Ron wrote: > Can yoyu tell me the difference between the two and if apps writen for > FreeBSD will run on Linux (Slackware 4.3). http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd/bsdvlin.htm Linux won't run FreeBSD apps, but FreeBSD will run many, if not most, Linux apps. > > Thanks > rmorris@interlog.com > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*