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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Joachim Jaeckel wrote:

> please excuse my question, but I'ld like to upgrade from linux to FreeBDS 
> and so I'ld like to know, if it's possible to use my Motif 2.0 Version 
> for linux with the FreeBSD Operating-System? (Because i heard, that they 
> are binary-compatible.) Or, if not, it's possible to use a version of 
> LessTif?

I'm not sure about Motif2.0, but supposedly Lesstif does work for the most
part.  It's not perfect, so don't expect much :)

You can try your libraries with the Linux emulator on.  If you
statically-link your Linux Motif-using binaries, those should work without
a problem.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major