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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!koala.uwec.edu!daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu!cakerwood!not-for-mail From: bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Date: 15 Nov 1995 03:31:33 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: <48bmul$3k6@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48ajsj$f5p@galaxy.ucr.edu> <48b9k9$q39@times.tfs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cakerwood.acc.uwrf.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:27486 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9039 comp.unix.advocacy:11081 comp.unix.misc:19525 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8851 Julian Elischer (julian@mailhub.tfs.com) wrote: : : FreeBSD can now run Linux binaries (e.g. doom,, (now with sound too)) : but not the other way around : <frown> I could have swear I saw BSD support under Linux...Because I've heard people talking about if netscape drops Linux totally they can use IBCS2 to emulate BSD. Or is the BSDi only? : FreeBSD-current can now also read/write linux filesystems : so it's quite possible to run BOTH systems and I think you can even set : things up under FreeBSD to be able to compile and run (not sure : about debug though) Linux binaries.. : <shrug> Linux has the same support..I know people doing the same thing from Linux to SCO/Interactive. =) So it's still a wash.=) : I believe Linux ELF support for FreeBSD is being worked on at the moment.. : ELF is not as grand as it is made out to be right now.=) We are all split at this moment.=) ELF will take over sooner or later. The only think I'll say about BSD is the following: BSD has a stabler development. Since there are not 30 different versions roaming around of it. Linux might get that way in the future, but ELF will be the major factor.