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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.gi.net!news.mid.net!sbctri.tri.sbc.com!newspump.wustl.edu!newsfeed.rice.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!zuul.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD Date: 2 Dec 1995 18:54:21 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 23 Message-ID: <49q7cu$dj3@zuul.nmti.com> References: <30BC9A25.485989E8@sun.felk.cvut.cz> <49kk69$6es@zuul.nmti.com> <49n6n7$9qc@access4.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com In article <49n6n7$9qc@access4.digex.net>, David Myers <dcmyers@access4.digex.net> wrote: > I've heard that FreeBSD supports some kind of Linux emulation mode...How > good is it, Good enough to run Linux DOOM! It also supports BSDI well enough to run the BSDI version of the Netscape Commerce Server. > and does NetBSD support this as well? I believe it was originally NetBSD code. > 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? Currently a.out only. ELF is being worked on. -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them