Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 02:26:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> 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: <514840.14761.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <COL127-W1547F43A4D7DD207ACCB44E8760@phx.gbl> <20140314100444.33861b86f2bca55f06ed7c41@sohara.org> <228572.87896.bm@smtp120.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20140314182628.8a77f02d97aebe1373f21f9c@sohara.org>
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> On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:01:26 +0000 (UTC)
> "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> 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.
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> Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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?
Tom
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