From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 30 16:30:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA21264 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:30:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA21257 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:30:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id IAA20677; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:59:47 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id IAA02468; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:59:31 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980831085931.J606@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:59:31 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Harold Kinchelow Jr , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: just need to know References: <35E99485.2F5F1F67@worldnet.att.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <35E99485.2F5F1F67@worldnet.att.net>; from Harold Kinchelow Jr on Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 01:05:57PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, 30 August 1998 at 13:05:57 -0500, Harold Kinchelow Jr wrote: > Just a straight question. > Will the FreeBSD os support programs written for Unix and Linux? What do you mean by "Unix"? FreeBSD *is* UNIX, at least technically. FreeBSD can execute binaries for Linux, SCO UNIX (ibcs2 COFF standard) and BSD/OS. Support has just been announced for SCO UnixWare (ELF). Is there something else you want to execute? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message