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I don't know that you'd even need Bhyve for that - FreeBSD has a pretty robust linux compatibility layer. https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/

by tw04 2y ago

I don't know that you'd even need Bhyve for that - FreeBSD has a pretty robust linux compatibility layer. https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/ https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/

BSDobelix 2y ago
>FreeBSD has a pretty robust linux compatibility layer. Robust but not perfect, would you run MicrosoftSQL(the Windows version) on Linux with WINE? However you still can try it with a LinuxJail, and yes the linux layer is pretty robust.
- pjmlp 2y ago
  Actually that is kind of how SQL Server does run. First of all, only the Linux containers are supported for SQL Server, using Windows containers has been deprecated, and no longer documented https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-docker https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-insta... https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-engine/install/windows/support-policy-sql-server#sql-server-running-in-windows-containers https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-... Secondly, the way SQL Server has been ported to Linux, is based on the pico processes technology, aka library OS, which is kind of how WINE works, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/blog/2016/12/16/sql-server-on-linux-how-introduction/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/blog/2016/12/16/s...
  - BSDobelix 2y ago
    >Actually that is kind of how SQL Server does run. Yes, I know (that's why I wrote "the Windows version"), but would you put it into production with your own WINE/Proton package? >Secondly, the way SQL Server has been ported to Linux, is based on the pico processes technology, aka library OS, which is kind of how WINE works, Yes, again, I know, and I think you know what I mean by my example, I had no other example of a major Microsoft dedicated application that came to mind. ;)
    - szszrk 2y ago
      I don't think it's fair to compare freebsd's Linux compatibility layer to Wine. I've been running on freebsd a lot of Linux binaries of closed source software 20 years ago and it always worked flawlessly for me. Even desktop stuff like Opera (yes, the one with adds in main window). At the time Wine could run some more trivial programs sometimes, and usually crashed anyway. Wine improved a lot but IMHO it's still unfair to compare those.
badgersnake 2y ago
There was a version of docker that worked like that many years ago. It died pretty quick, I think because it was a fork and keeping it up to date was pretty hard.

by tw04 2y ago

BSDobelix 2y ago

>FreeBSD has a pretty robust linux compatibility layer. Robust but not perfect, would you run MicrosoftSQL(the Windows version) on Linux with WINE? However you still can try it with a LinuxJail, and yes the linux layer is pretty robust.

pjmlp 2y ago
Actually that is kind of how SQL Server does run. First of all, only the Linux containers are supported for SQL Server, using Windows containers has been deprecated, and no longer documented https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-docker https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-insta... https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-engine/install/windows/support-policy-sql-server#sql-server-running-in-windows-containers https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-... Secondly, the way SQL Server has been ported to Linux, is based on the pico processes technology, aka library OS, which is kind of how WINE works, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/blog/2016/12/16/sql-server-on-linux-how-introduction/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/blog/2016/12/16/s...
- BSDobelix 2y ago
  >Actually that is kind of how SQL Server does run. Yes, I know (that's why I wrote "the Windows version"), but would you put it into production with your own WINE/Proton package? >Secondly, the way SQL Server has been ported to Linux, is based on the pico processes technology, aka library OS, which is kind of how WINE works, Yes, again, I know, and I think you know what I mean by my example, I had no other example of a major Microsoft dedicated application that came to mind. ;)
  - szszrk 2y ago
    I don't think it's fair to compare freebsd's Linux compatibility layer to Wine. I've been running on freebsd a lot of Linux binaries of closed source software 20 years ago and it always worked flawlessly for me. Even desktop stuff like Opera (yes, the one with adds in main window). At the time Wine could run some more trivial programs sometimes, and usually crashed anyway. Wine improved a lot but IMHO it's still unfair to compare those.

badgersnake 2y ago

There was a version of docker that worked like that many years ago. It died pretty quick, I think because it was a fork and keeping it up to date was pretty hard.