From: Michael Mueller <muellerix@...>
Date: 2004-07-22T19:42:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] FreeBSD <-> Debian

> sounds great,
> what i wonder about is the linux binary compatibility. Do You know, what
> it exactly means? Can i simply run binaries compiled for linux, or can i
> even compile for linux on a FreeBSD machine? Is it possible to install rpm
> or deb packages?

The other already mentioned, that some linux-progs might mork...
However I rarely feel the need for emulating linux...
Have a look at 
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html
and you'll see that nearly all programs that come with a decent linux distro
is provided as a FreeBSD-port....

There are some exceptions like the linux-flashplayer or acroread which
aren't available as native BSD-ports... However they are in the ports as
Linux-Binary and none the less work very well.

Regards,
Michael