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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!neil From: neil@beast.usask.ca (Neil Schemenauer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Running Linux binaries Date: 20 Apr 1996 22:39:19 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 22 Message-ID: <slrn4nipvl.9uh.neil@beast.usask.ca> Reply-To: nas170@mail.usask.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: janus1-18.usask.ca X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.6) I just made the switch to FreeBSD from Linux. Looks pretty good so far. I want to install Xmosaic but can only find a Linux version. I heard from someone that FreeBSD can run Linux binaries. I could not find any information about how to do this in the handbook or the FAQ. Could someone please enlighten me? Also, I am having trouble with the user level ppp. When I use "ppp -direct </dev/cuaa1 >/dev/cuaa1" ppp tries to write to the terminal instead of the serial device. What is going on here? I want to use the direct feature because the ppp does not redial very well when the line is busy. Just a few other random points. IMHO, the networking in FreeBSD kicks the crap out of Linux. It also seems to swap a lot less on my limited memory system. I assume this is because of a superior VM implementation and possible better shared libraries. Keep up the good work guys. -- nas170@mail.usask.ca ___ __ __ ___ ____ ___ __ ___ __ Saskatoon, SK /\ / /__ / / /__ / /__//_ / / //_ /\ //__| / //_ /__) Canada / \/ /__ / /__ __//__ / //__ / / //__ / \// |/__//__ / \