[Info-vax] New version virtual ES40 for non-commercial use.

[Arne Vajhøj]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Marty Kuhrt wrote:
>> Would Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.x) on a dual quad core Xeon be 
>> considered 64-bit unixy enough?
> 
> Out of curiosity, how do software binaries run on different flavours of
> Linux ?
> 
> Do the various Linux distributions still have the exact same libraries
> and entry points so that pre-linked applications would work on any Linux
> flavour ? Or do software developpers have to compile distinct binaries
> for each linux distribution ?
> 
> I also support the porting to OS-X. While I wouldn't be able to justify
> paying for it, it would allow me to archive my Alpha-VMS system in a way
> that I could still boot it from time to time.

Kernel version X+ and GLIBC version Y+ should work for the binaries.

The distros are just packaging, repository's, defaults etc..

Arne