Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!199.94.215.18!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!newspump.sol.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!linux0.unsl.edu.ar!ralsina
From: ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar (Roberto Alsina)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: 4 Feb 1997 12:40:46 GMT
Organization: Universidad Nacional de San Luis - Argentina
Lines: 38
Message-ID: <slrn5feb63.93l.ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar>
References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c155c$p6u@raven.eva.net> <5c19pg$rf6@lynx.dac.neu.edu> <5c39sk$ddl@troma.rv.tis.com> <5c8jlm$50u@cynic.portal.ca> <m23evrulla.fsf@desk.crynwr.com> <5cdqos$e6k@camel1.mindspring.com> <Pine.SOL.3.91.970201040446.16129A-100000@ux8.cso.uiuc.edu> <32F378FC.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <slrn5ekm26.5ml.ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar> <32F68743.2781E494@freebsd.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: wwwsearch.unl.edu.ar
X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.1.1 BETA UNIX)
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157507 comp.os.linux.advocacy:83321 comp.os.linux.setup:96559 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2441
In article <32F68743.2781E494@freebsd.org>, John S. Dyson wrote:
>Roberto Alsina wrote:
>>would have a great FreeBSD emulator (because it is easy to do, due to
>> >Linux's superior platform.) One reason that FreeBSD is cool, is because
>> >it can ENCOMPASS what Linux does. (Modulo some driver support, etc.)
>> >
>> >John
>> >
>> >
>>
>> But what would you run under that emulator? What's that FreeBSD program
>> that has no Linux version?
>>
>> If I recall right, one of the main reasons to provide the Linux aout
>> emulator on FreeBSD was so that doom would run, and Quake was one of the
>> reasons for the ELF version?
>>
>There are other applications also, commerical and otherwise that our
>BSDI and Linux emulators can run. Frankly, it is just *nice* to be
>able to run a full spectrum of applications from various OSes. For
>a similar reason, we support read/write of EXT2FS (mostly for upgrades
>from Linux.)
>
>John
>
I agree Jhon, but you didn't answer my question: what would you run in
this supposedly useful FreeBSD emulator?
--
("\''/").__..-''"`-. . Roberto Alsina
`9_ 9 ) `-. ( ).`-._.`) ralsina@unl.edu.ar
(_Y_.)' ._ ) `._`. " -.-' Centro de Telematica
_..`-'_..-_/ /-'_.' Universidad Nacional del Litoral
(l)-'' ((i).' ((!.' Santa Fe - Argentina