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List:       freebsd-questions
Subject:    Re: Question (fwd)
From:       Polytropon <freebsd () edvax ! de>
Date:       2020-04-08 19:06:15
Message-ID: 20200408210615.2d33ebf0.freebsd () edvax ! de
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 18:47:16 +0000 (UTC), Viktor Madarasz wrote:
> FreeBSD still has the linux compatibility layer? i had the impression it 
> was phased out at some point or not really spoken about for some time?

Yes, the Linux ABI is still present in the kernel. With pkg,
you can install the compatibility tools; it uses CentOS 7 to
populate the /compat/linux subtree, and there are several
Linux applications in the ports tree that run fine on FreeBSD.
I have even tried this for games - it works! :-)


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Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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