On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Michael Rice wrote:
> > However, it seems to me that FreeBSD is a faster OS
> > and can run linux apps faster in emulation that linux runs itself.
>
> Can you really take any comparison seriously when their supporting
> references include the Mindcraft farce?
I use the Linux emulation under OpenBSD and there is no noticeable
difference.
> > Isn't it true that programs written for other flavors of UNIX are more
> > universal because /usr/include/linux makes code written for linux
> > incompatible with other UNIXes?
>
> /usr/include/linux _is_ very linux specific -- down to the kernel version
> (so something that needs linux/blah.h might not work between 2.0.36 and
> 2.1.122).
>
> However, few enough applications are built to work solely against those
> headers. I would find some examples of code that is linux-specific and
> generally useful before passing judgement on these grounds.
Doing things like determining the Cylinders/heads/sectors of a disk,
using some sound card features, physically reading a cd, all need to
be done with non-standard system dependant ways.
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