On July 27, 2015 9:19:47 AM CDT, Anthony Sorace <a...@9srv.net> wrote: >> erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: >> >> when i need to run Linux programs, i run linux. > >Yeah, but then you’ve got linux. Now you’ve got two >problems (hah! if only…). > >> what is the benefit of running firefox on a p9 like system, >> rather than on linux? > >The theory, anyway, is that you could then not have a linux >(or whatever) system. If the emulation bit could be self- >contained enough, a plan9 system with linuxemu would >have a significantly lower maintenance burden than a plan9 >system plus a linux system. In theory. > >I’ve never understood why the emulation effort picked >linux, though. It seems like the worst possible thing to be >emulating, and I don’t imagine the software support for the >sort of things we’re talking about (for many, it’s pretty >much just a browser) is all that different between Linux and, >say, FreeBSD. Are there a bunch of linux-only apps people >would like to have?
I always thought is was that emulating an open-source application platform is easier than emulating a black box like Wine does, as you can see how things are done and the internal APIs and stuff. -- Sent from my Nexus 5 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
