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Date:      Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:20:43 +0000
From:      RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD & Linux distro
Message-ID:  <20080219152043.35556e9a@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:14:45 -0800 (PST)
Lone Wolf <hubaghdadi@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> But according to Wikipedia, FreeBSD is able to run Linux compatible
> software without any problems  (exception for  Linux Kernel 2.6) I
> can't run Linux software on FreeBSD?

Linux emulation is for running Linux binaries - it's mostly
used for proprietary closed-source software. Most so-called Linux
software is really UNIX software and will run natively on FreeBSD.



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