If the BSD become known as Linux, BSD distributions will be millions just like there are on Linux?

Thomas Mueller mueller6724 at bellsouth.net
Sun Mar 16 09:30:37 UTC 2014


> On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:01:26 +0000 (UTC)
> "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724 at 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 at 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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