From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 3 16:38:05 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAE8C16A400 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2007 16:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7434113C471 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2007 16:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C8BEB586F; Sun, 4 Feb 2007 00:38:04 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([210.51.165.229]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gYG8YEu9JCxZ; Sun, 4 Feb 2007 00:37:56 +0800 (CST) Received: from [192.168.1.32] (unknown [221.222.203.145]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48E22EB54C0; Sun, 4 Feb 2007 00:37:56 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc: subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=tcC5KRqmbZJQHRj3+4nPIhBNxRWJgt4BpGFlBgL9VN39NvBP6/XYnyTMxKnyUThYL Tcx3LGlVgwKaHWnXcUWdQ== Message-ID: <45C4BA5C.6090900@delphij.net> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:37:48 +0800 From: LI Xin Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Macintosh/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thomas Roberts References: <297762.10316.qm@web58913.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <297762.10316.qm@web58913.mail.re1.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-ripemd160; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig879C09B86E7294C09D757A45" Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux Binary Compitability X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:38:05 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig879C09B86E7294C09D757A45 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thomas Roberts wrote: > How important is it to include Linux binary > compatibility when installing 6.2-RELEASE? I am > guessing it is only needed if I want to use an > application that was compiled by/for Linux, but I am > new to FreeBSD so I will be using it mostly for: >=20 > 1 - learning the system (i.e. what goes where, when > and why) and how to configure whatever can be > configured. > 2 - running GNUstep and related development > applications to compliment my Obj-C/Cocoa > development. > 3 - running GNOME and/or KDE since GNUstep has a > limited number of applications available, most > notably, a web browser. > 4 - learning to create and use shell scripts to > customize my environment. >=20 > The only applications I will be using are the ones in > the ports collection that I can use portmanager to > create and update. Your assumption is correct. Linux binary compatibility is only necessary when you need to install some pre-compiled binaries from Linux system, and this is usually a last resort if you don't get source code. Native versions, if available, are usually better. Cheers, --=20 Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! --------------enig879C09B86E7294C09D757A45 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFxLpcOfuToMruuMARAwU1AJ4lUnyozNqnGdjYsy5NmQo4qWEd3QCghtGj QAuWMOALGWUpdna80tWxrvM= =UWny -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig879C09B86E7294C09D757A45--