FreeBSD & Linux distro

[Dominic Fandrey]

Lone Wolf wrote:
> Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > Hi.
>>> How FreeBSD differ from any Linx distro like Ubuntu?
>> 
>> by not being linux at all.
> 
> But according to Wikipedia, FreeBSD is able to run Linux compatible software without any problems  (exception for  Linux Kernel 2.6) 
> I can't run Linux software on FreeBSD?

You need to install a minimal Linux environment that contains the libraries 
your Linux software is linked to emulators/linux_base-fc4.

You also need to load the Linux compatibility module:

# kldload linux

or for permanent use add:

linux_load="YES"

to your /boot/loader.conf file.