Sun's Linux Offerings - lxrun
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Run Linux Applications unmodified on Solaris As a result of collaboration between Sun Microsystems and the lxrun open development effort, Linux applications run without modification on the Solaris Operating Environment on Intel platforms. Compatibility benefits both users and developers. Users can complement their current Solaris and Java application portfolio with new Linux applications, while developers gain access to more platforms with a single application binary. What is lxrun? Lxrun is a freely downloadable utility that executes Linux applications on the Solaris Operating Environment, Intel platform edition. Lxrun is a software layer that sits between Solaris and the Linux Intel binary executable and remaps system calls "on the fly" allowing them to run unmodified on Solaris. Solaris engineers, in the spirit of open source, continue to provide improvements to lxrun and returned these modifications to the development effort maintained by Steven H. Ginzburg. "Sun's cooperation has significantly furthered the lxrun open-development effort. Sun's technical contributions have already proven invaluable, and their continued involvement will increase the visibility and accessibility of lxrun. I am excited about continuing this mutually beneficial relationship." Steven H. Ginzburg, What Can I Do With lxrun? Solaris and lxrun provide a robust environment allowing a range of applications to be executed. These applications can range from browsers and office productivity tools to graphic-intensive applications and games. For example, these included Applix, GIMP, GNOME, Netscape Communicator, Myth II and WordPerfect. If you would like to know how this was done, read the technical overview document available from the Solaris Developer Connection. |
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