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From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
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Subject: Re: Excite using BSDI or Linux emulation
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> One of my users d/l'ed the BSDI version of Excite.  Do I need to do 
> anything special to use the BSDI version of Excite on fbsd 2.2.2-R?   
> Should I use Linux emulation instead?  Any pros or cons for bsdi vs 
> linux? 
> 
> I know how to enable Linux emulation, but a (very) quick look 
> at the docs didn't turn up anything on bsdi emulation.  Do I need to 
> build a new kernel for bsdi?

Nothing special needs to be done for BSDI emulation, and all the BSD's are
somewhat compatible with each other. I know BSDI can run at least some
FreeBSD binaries, and FreeBSD can run NetBSD binaries, and probably
OpenBSD as well.