From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 24 10:55:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48041065675 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:55:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from mail.ipt.ru (mail.ipt.ru [194.62.233.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 892A18FC17 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:55:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from sp34.ipt.ru ([194.62.233.107] helo=bs1.sp34.ru) by mail.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KXDFm-0003ML-5K for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:55:26 +0400 Received: from bsam by bs1.sp34.ru with local (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KXDFp-0000Uj-Px for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:55:29 +0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080823185419.52aa7af1@gom.home> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:55:29 +0400 In-Reply-To: <20080823185419.52aa7af1@gom.home> (prad@towardsfreedom.com's message of "Sat\, 23 Aug 2008 18\:54\:19 -0700") Message-ID: <26387662@bs1.sp34.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: which linux emulator? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:55:28 -0000 (one more try; the first one didn't find it's way to questions@) On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:54:19 -0700 prad wrote: > in ports there is fedora and gentoo. > any opinions on preferences? Ususally you just do a cd to the linux port you need (i.e. cd /usr/ports/print/acroread7) and do an installation. The ports tree infrastructure Do the Right Thing itself -- install current default and actively maintained linux base port. That's linux_base-fc4 for now. It is used to run almost all linux applications from ports. There are some exceptions though. The most noticeable is net/skype whic requires at least linux_base-fc6 port. But you will be warned when you try to install the former. There are some gentoo ports suitable for developing needs (i.e. those ports contain compiters, development tools, etc.). WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve