libraries

Geez, I'm forced to hunt down a bunch of library dependencies. Heck, I can't even run ldd:

/usr/bin/ldd: line 1: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: cannot execute binary file
/usr/bin/ldd: line 1: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: cannot execute binary file
ldd: /lib/ld-linux.so.2 exited with unknown exit code (126)

Anyway, this is fun.

Slackware

This is my first time to use Linux Slackware. Funny how I was initiated to this distro using FreeBSD-- It's like being introduced to the light side of The Force by a Sith Lord! :)

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(this freakin Blogger messes up with ASCII art)

Linux i386 binary emulation on FreeBSD AMD64

I'm using an AMD Athlon 64 processor in my PC and I have long been dissapointed by that fact that a large number of applications in the FreeBSD ports collection works in i386 only. Initially, I planned to emulate an x86 PC so that I can compile them, but I later realized that doing 32-bit on a 64-bit arch is uhm... a bit stupid.

But anyway, I'll recompile the kernel today and see if I can run i386 Linux binaries on FreeBSD. One of the applications that I hope to run is Zend Studio. Zend Studio is (apparently) a Java app, and it requires libXaw, libXt, and other libraries that conflicts with xorg-libraries. Dunno yet how to proceed. I also hope that I'll be able to run Open Office.

I'll be following the instructions published at http://people.freebsd.org/~tjr/linux32.html.

Hello world!

I'm new to FreeBSD (or relatively new anyway) so I've decided to keep notes, bookmarks, and pointers to useful documentation. As I become more familiar with FreeBSD, I hope that my notes and experiences along the way will be valuable to others in the community.