John

source level

binary=cpu spec code
source = language spec code

some apps dont cross arch barriers but generally any Linux source will
compile on any Linux arch

and if you dont want to compile you can usually find a bin for whatever arch
you need

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:27 PM, John Hokanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>
> Yeah, I have the Indigo Blue 350Mhz (slot loading). Those didn't have
> Firewire for some stupid reason.
>
> Anyhoo, I just upgraded the RAM in this thing to 384 megs, so I should
> be a bit better off if I want to run Tiger in the future.
>
> I'm intrigued with Linux, but are the programs source-level compatible
> or binary-level compatible? Reason I ask is that I don't want it to
> limit my choices if it won't run applications that will run on the x86
> flavor of Linux.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> - John
>



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