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

[Bob Koehler]

In article <0064bc37$0$23831$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> 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 ?

   Recompile.  In general, your Linux may not be running on the same
   CPU architecture as some other fellow's Linux.  x86 is popular, but
   my kids have been running Linux on PPC for a long time, and the
   last time I bought a used Alpha, it came with Linux loaded on it.

   NOT binary compatable.

   Now, if you have an x86 binary from a Linux distribution based on
   Linus' version X, and you try to run it on an x86 with some other
   Linux distribution based on Linus' version X, I would hope it would
   run.  It might even run on version Y that came after version X.