Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:52:39 -0000 From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> To: "'xnet@sprintmail.com'" <xnet@sprintmail.com> Cc: "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Message-ID: <014CB6ADC0BCD0118B1B006097827D5B3D33A4@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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Brenda Lambiris wrote: >is freebsd linux, or unix. Will I be able to run linux applications on >FreeBSD? If i buy the linux games CD, is there a guarentee i will be able >to run all the software on the CD? thanks. FreeBSD is unix, Linux is also unix, but FreeBSD is not Linux. It's a bit like comparing Netscape with Internet explorer. They're both browsers, but they're not the same thing. It's a matter of preference which one you use. FreeBSD has an advantage in that it can run most Linux programs via emulation. It does this very well in my experience, although I doubt it will run everything from the games CD. I know I shouldn't try to convert people to Linux on a FreeBSD list, but why don't you run Linux if you want to run all the Linux games? Regards, Jeff Bond --------------------------------------------------- Jeffery Bond <mailto:jeffbond@compuserve.com> <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jeffbond>; --------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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