From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Jun 4 20:32:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15958 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 20:32:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stratos.net (pm3-10-43.stratos.net [207.86.134.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA15950; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 20:32:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drifter@stratos.net) From: drifter@stratos.net Received: (from drifter@localhost) by stratos.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) id XAA07634; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:32:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19980604233228.A7626@stratos.net> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:32:28 -0400 To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, Jack Velte Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Linux emulation References: <01bd8fbf$f4dea780$f820aace@eliot.pacbell.net> <199806041907.OAA02122@dyson.iquest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199806041907.OAA02122@dyson.iquest.net>; from John S. Dyson on Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 02:07:53PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 02:07:53PM -0500, John S. Dyson wrote: > Jack Velte said: > > > > how well does this work? if it works well, then it's a very good thing > > because it'll be easier to canabalize linux users. 100% linux capability > > would be a very good thing. is the `emulation' slower? > > > Generally FreeBSD emulation of Linux is slightly faster, and MUCH faster > under load. Running certain LL benchmarks, FreeBSD is slower, but app > performance is supurb. Just out of curiosity, I noticed that when I run Adobe Acrobat Reader or StarOffice under Linux emulation, drawing of pages (under Acrobat) or toolbar icons (under StarOffice) seems to be painfully slow. By painfully, I don't mean unusable, just that (under StarOffice), every time you switch back to the virtual desktop containing StarOffice, you can actually see each individual icon being painted on the screen one-by-one. My native FreeBSD programs don't do this, so I was just wondering. --- drifter@stratos.nospam.net (remove nospam to send) "Ever notice that in every commercial about the Internet, advertising geniuses can't resist having a bunch of kids staring into a monitor, awe- struck, looking at a whale jumping out of the ocean? Or is it just me?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message