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Enabling Linux Binary Compatibility using Darwin

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dot.this:
I need someone familiar with both freeBSD and Darwin to answer me a question:

I'm a Mac OS X user with Xdarwin. (Xwindows for Darwin.) I'm interested in enabling Linux Binary Compatibility to help run Linux apps under Xwindows. I know that in freeBSD, you must add the line "linux_enable=YES" to /etc/rc.conf to enable Linux binary compatibility, but OS X doesn't have an rc.conf file.

Is Linux compatibility enabled by default with Dawin, or do I need to modify another file, like rc.boot? Recompiling the kernel is obviously not an option. Well, I could recompile GNU-Darwin, but let's not go there...

choasforages:
err, it sounds like you want to run x86 stuff under ppc darwin. bochs might help you with that.

dot.this:
That's exactly right. I've got a setup of Xfree86, Xdarwin, and OroborOSX, and it's basically an Xwindows environment on top of Darwin.

Right now, I'm downloading and installing all the various libraries I need. Eventually, I'll run MacGIMP and some or all of OpenOffice. I'm also interested in running some Linux programs, and that's where the Binary Compatibility comes in.

choasforages:
err, whitch linux programs? most are source based

hm_murdock:
PPC processors can natively emulate x8 code, which makes binary compatibility more possible. But I think that the apps would need a recompile anyway. I think the best binary compatibility you'll get is between Mac OS X and PPC Linux, not x86 Linux.

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