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From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD jail running a Debian or Centos distro
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On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:21:33 +0900
"Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> wrote:

> That was not the question.   I know you can run a linux user land and
> apps but it is not the same as running a Centos or Debian distort of
> linux.

	The only difference is the kernel - I run a Centos distro in a jail
so that I can run some Linux specific printer drivers under CUPS, it mostly
just works (even yum update). To do any better would take a full fledged VM.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>