FreeBSD newbie general and SMP questions for i386

[Nicholas Basila]

On Wednesday 17 December 2003 07:40 pm, Mark Wolfskehl wrote:

>
> 4. How compatible is FreeBSD with Linux in practice?  I understand
> there is a Linux compatibility module for the kernel?

Yes - most apps run well. LKMs are not supported at this time, and this 
does rule out some software.
>
> 5. Will FreeBSD run VMWare Workstation virtual machine SW for Linux
> (in practice)?
I've run both version 2 and 3 of vmware with no problems.