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sirope
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 Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject: Gentoo/FreeBSD questions |
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Hi all!!
I'm interested on Gentoo/FreeBSD.. I just have a few questions...
Following the howto I have seen that portage tree is the same for FreeBSD... Most Linux apps should compile for FreeBSD. But... What will happen when I try to compile a Linux app, like... enemy territory (just an example).. ET don't have a BSD version.. Will portage broke down or will it emulate the binary automatically??
Is it stable enought?? Has anyone tried it? (for desktop)
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merlijn
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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Heya,
I've just tried G/FBSD for a short while in a vmware, just because I love the idea about it (spreading gentoo philosophy outside of the linux world). Unfortunately it is still at a very early stage and I experienced loads of odd errors while trying to get some basics going (not even a DE). Currently a large part of the portage tree is available for the ~x86-fbsd arch, but probably most them have not even been tested to compile. I wouldn't advice you to use it for anything but testing at this stage, and you will probably need thorough freebsd knowledge to even get things going.
Hope this helps,
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mark_alec
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Gentoo/FreeBSD is very usable as a desktop, many desktop applications have been keyworded. As for linux compatibility, you would need to enable that in the kernel (as you would for FreeBSD proper), but I have no clue if that would allow you to run games.
The best place to ask questions is #gentoo-bsd, there are generally some devs hanging out in there.
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sirope
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:12 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | The best place to ask questions is #gentoo-bsd, there are generally some devs hanging out in there. |
Good idea.. So applications have been masked .. That is.
Thanks for your answers .. Greetings xD |
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HymnToLife
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:11 am Post subject: |
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| mark_alec wrote: | | As for linux compatibility, you would need to enable that in the kernel (as you would for FreeBSD proper), but I have no clue if that would allow you to run games. |
It definitely does, I'm running OpenArena, NWN or UT2004 just as fine as in Linux (in plain FBSD though, but I guess it would be the same in Gentoo).
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