From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 21 09:40:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14575 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:40:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA14381 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:39:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA01494; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:39:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:39:07 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Tony Lambiris cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux applications In-Reply-To: <19980116061113.25311.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Tony Lambiris wrote: > I know it is to my understanding that you said you could run linux > applications under freebsd, but i was wondering if you could run ALL > linux applications, and if you can, whats the catch, and if you cant > what are the select few? Most programs should run okay. Some that use very Linux-specific functions will require major porting, and some applications may need to have an ioctl implemented for them if they do any device manipulation. > Also, what are some pro's and con's of > comparing FreeBSD as opposed to Slackware? Because red hat didnt really > float my boat, and ive decided between FreeBSD and slackware, but i want > to be able to run linux apps (all of them), so if it means FreeBSD cant, > i will buy slackware, so if you can convince me the bsd is better, im > sold. =) The big plus with FreeBSD is stability -- it's designed for server environments where uptime and responsiveness is key. If this is running on your workstation then it's a toss-up. In any case, FreeBSD is free from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ so if you want to give it a test drive, nothing lost ;-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major