Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:06:16 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: DEBOOT <DEBOOT@reninet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961218140307.421Q-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199612150421.UAA00016@mail.reninet.com>
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On Wed, 14 Dec 1994, DEBOOT wrote: > Hello I am 16 years old and I am new to using unix and I was wondering if > you could send me a short summary on why or what FreeBSD does that makes it > better than Linux--Also will FreeBSD have a Dos emulator soon---I was very > glad to find out that FreeBSD has a Linux emulator---Keep up the good work > and I hope I get a response. FreeBSD is oriented more towards stability and security than Linux is. FreeBSD is also less tolerant of flaky hardware than Linux is. There are many such differences. FreeBSD currently has a (weak) DOS emulator in (surprise) Linux's DOS emulator, dosemu. Hopefully, BSDi's DOS emulator 'rundos' will be making an appearance, which will be head and shoulders above dosemu. Yes, FreeBSD has a Linux emulator, a pretty good one at that. It runs a.out binaries only, unless you upgrade to FreeBSD-CURRENT and apply some patches to get the elf recognition working. It's good enough to run Doom, WordPerfect and other such programs. Not device drivers though. Hope this helps. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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