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Can NetBSD/macppc run MkLinux or LinuxPPC binaries?

April 26, 2017binaries macppc mklinux NetBSD run

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Can NetBSD/macppc run MkLinux or LinuxPPC binaries?

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Yes. Linux binary compatibility for PowerPC ports is supported in NetBSD 1.6 and later, but is not enabled by default. You will need to build a kernel with options COMPAT_LINUX uncommented. Applications that are reported to work include Netscape Communicator, Blackdown’s JDK-1.3.0, and Blender. All theses programs are included in the NetBSD package collection Binaries that have known problem are: Opera, which will crash on first startup. On the second startup, if you go to the advanced settings dialog and uncheck “asynchronous DNS”, it should work without troubles. It is probably worth mentioning that the JDK works quite well. Java applications such as Cocoon have been reported to work without any problem.