Subject: Re: A few questions
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/20/1999 07:15:48
In article <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904192142250.1151-100000@localhost> bahwi@technologist.com (bahwi) writes:
>
>1) I've heard NetBSD emulates sunos, are there any problems with JDK
>1.2? (Java 2) Since I soon will be progamming in Java, and moving back to
>Windows 95/98 seems, well, disgusting, I am looking for alternatives. 

NetBSD-1.4 will work correctly with Solaris green-threads java-1.2 both
on the i386 and sparc platforms. Provided you have the solaris shared
libraries and linker.

>3) Can it emulate FreeBSD binaries and load the FreeBSD file system? As my
>work is also based in FreeBSD, if they could make a peaceful co-existance
>that would be good, although I am getting a new hard drive and that is not
>necessary.

Yes.

>4) I figure this is a yes, but I must ask. Can it emulate Linux binaries
>and libraries?

Yes, but it does not work with programs that use kernel threads yet.

christos