Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 19:55:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Feldman <protozoa@locutus.ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us> To: Mohit Aron <aron@cs.rice.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel as a replacement for Linux kernel Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005231953520.76339-100000@locutus.ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us> In-Reply-To: <200005240241.VAA08232@noel.cs.rice.edu>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Here's a Slashdot article about Debian/FreeBSD. It has links and a LOT of angry comments :). http://slashdot.org/bsd/99/11/23/1939210.shtml -- Dan Feldman Hacker, webmaster and computer connoisseur Out of sight, out of mind, out of hand. On Tue, 23 May 2000, Mohit Aron wrote: > > > > > First of all, FreeBSD's kernel can use both the Linux and FreeBSD > > interfaces at once. Although it might be possible to remove the FreeBSD > > interfaces, then all you have are the Linux ones - it sounds like a loss > > in functionality to me. Second, the Linux emulator is actually extremely > > good - even very complex threaded programs work perfectly. Problems do > > exist, but these are mostly in the /dev tree and drivers, not in the call > > interface. Sound, video framebuffers, and SVGAlib all work, but only > > barely. Thus I think the only advantage would be that FreeBSD userspace > > apps could use glibc, which is nice, but would break the copyrights on > > both trees :). > > > > Also, package installs are rather troublesome (unless you install from > FreeBSD ports). By default any libraries tend to be installed in /usr/lib > whereas they should go in /compat/linux/usr/lib and so on. Its hard to > get Linux binary packages from the Internet to install easily on FreeBSD. > > > > If you're really interested in this kind of OS hybridism, why not use the > > GNU/FreeBSD system put out by Debian a while back? > > > > Yes, that'll be perfect for me (and for so many other users wanting to use > FreeBSD on their desktop). I looked at Debian's webpages - couldn't find > the GNU/FreeBSD system. However, I'll take a closer look. Thanks, > > > > - Mohit > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE5K0SVm5zE2gDgwPgRAk9OAJ494UtuxXA8NepSxOWkaMS44OuGtACgnjoS wXNofBDy7nRLe9I0Gk4uh3U= =brOM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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