On 7 February 2010 12:07, oiaohm <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The best way to run Linux binaries is a Linux or freebsd kernel or solarias kernel. Guess what all 3 have in common there core executable fileformat is elf. So memory matches up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibility_layer talks about this a bit. Even on systems that are both Unix and both ELF, it can be *really* difficult, e.g. Irix compatibility on NetBSD: http://onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/irix.html - d.