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From: mich@pbinet.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: LINUX of BSD? Which one ...
Date: 29 Mar 1996 04:55:29 GMT
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In <4ip4om$15c@Dortmund.Germany.EU.net>, nerle@pdv.de (Dirk Nerling) writes:
>Btw. You are able to run Linux binaries under FreeBSD...

You must forgive me if I am a bit increadulous after reading this statement. Is this
true? I've been reading up on this stuff in prep for setting up my own x86 BSD
system and if this is true it would be sweet. But seems like I've read the opposite
elswhere.
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Reality Meter: [\.....], thought so
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