From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 16 19:09:25 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D28C808 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:09:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from uk1rly2283.eechost.net (uk1rly2283.eechost.net [217.69.47.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00DE999B for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:09:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [31.186.37.179] (helo=smtp.marelmo.com) by uk1rly2283.eechost.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WPGRe-0003Cw-O6 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:10:02 +0000 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.marelmo.com) by smtp.marelmo.com with smtp (Exim 4.82 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1WPGQu-000Cne-O6 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:09:16 +0000 Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:09:15 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: If the BSD become known as Linux, BSD distributions will be millions just like there are on Linux? Message-Id: <20140316190915.4d034df1c0492fc8b5e33c8c@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <514840.14761.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <20140314100444.33861b86f2bca55f06ed7c41@sohara.org> <228572.87896.bm@smtp120.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20140314182628.8a77f02d97aebe1373f21f9c@sohara.org> <514840.14761.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Auth-Info: 15567@permanet.ie (plain) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:09:25 -0000 On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 02:26:59 -0700 (PDT) "Thomas Mueller" wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:01:26 +0000 (UTC) > > "Thomas Mueller" wrote: > > > > There are also builds of a Linux userland on FreeBSD kernel. > > > That is quite easily achieved, many linux distros will install > > and run quite happily in a FreeBSD jail. I have a Centos install > > running in one in order to run a CUPS printer driver that is only > > available as a Linux binary. > > -- > > Steve O'Hara-Smith > > There was discussion a few months ago about FreeBSD's linuxulator being > very limited in function and unable to cope with Linux distributions > built with recent Linux kernels. Does a FreeBSD jail work better than a > chroot? Could I build packages for Linux in a FreeBSD jail? I don't think there'll be any difference between support in a jail to a chroot. I've not had any trouble with y Centos jail - OTOH it is just running as a CUPS server, it wouldn't surprise me if running modern linux GUIs failed horribly. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith