Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:58:08 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@kukulies.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac OS underlying FreeBSD - does it run Linux emulation? Message-ID: <17939.44784.420806.421633@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20070404130249.GA41671@kukulies.org> References: <20070404130249.GA41671@kukulies.org>
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In <20070404130249.GA41671@kukulies.org>, Christoph P. Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> typed: > does anyone know whether one can run Linux applications under the underlying > FreeBSD of the MAC OS (on an Intel Core Duo mini Mac)? No, you can't. The "underlying" FreeBSD is userland code; not kernel code. The OSX kernel is based on Mach. This isn't really that useful a capability. Most commercial software that's available for Linux is also available for OSX. Most open source software for Linux can be rebuilt on OSX fairly trivially, though you may need to us an X server. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
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