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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD
Date: 02 Dec 1995 19:58:02 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: dcmyers@access4.digex.net's message of 1 Dec 1995 10:24:23 -0500
In article <49n6n7$9qc@access4.digex.net> dcmyers@access4.digex.net (David Myers) writes:
I've heard that FreeBSD supports some kind of Linux emulation mode...How
good is it, and does NetBSD support this as well? I am preparing to buy a
Pentium system for UNIX, and would much rather stay with BSD, but Linux
seems to have all the support. And, does either BSD support both the ELF
and a.out Linux executable formats?
Yes, NetBSD's Linux emulation code is a little more mature than
FreeBSD's. For example, you can run Linux elf and a.out binaries on
NetBSD. On the other hand, FreeBSD is getting ready to support the
Linux filesystem, which NetBSD does not yet do.
Both should run most Linux software just fine. Both will also run
BSDI, SCO, and iBCS unix binaries.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4,
DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others...
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