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From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
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
Date: 1 Dec 1995 02:44:52 GMT
Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA
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In article <49lmm8$qvn@bell.maths.tcd.ie>,
Timothy Murphy <tim@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
>
>>FreeBSD can run Linux binaries.
>
>How?
By loading the Linux emulation module and puting the shared libs into
/usr/compat/linux/lib (I think that's the place.. I don't have them here)
ELF binary support is not finished, so you'll have to wait a while
for that.. People have successfully run doom etc.
seems solid..