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Old 18th June 2008
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Originally Posted by Oko View Post
...My feeling is also that most developers and users generally have the attitude that if one needs Linux specific or Solaris specific application for which only binaries are available that one should run that operating system at least for that specific task.
I believe that is best practice.

Linux emulation has been invaluable, in the past, for things like: JDK build bootstrap, mozilla browsers, soffice, opera-flashplugin. But with the elimination of JDK 1.3-linux as the bootstrap, native ports of mozilla software and openoffice, and with Opera's flashplugin long out-of-date... linux binary compatibility is less critical to OpenBSD's usefulness.
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