FreeBSD provides binary compatibility with Linux, allowing users to install and run most Linux binaries on a FreeBSD system without having to first modify the binary
docs.freebsd.org
It allows you to run a catalog of Linux applications - some need some tinkering to properly work, some won't work at all. The more tied into the Linux kernel an application tries to operate, the more likely it will run into issues.
At the end of the day, it's a compatibility layer that emulates a Linux kernel, but isn't Linux obviously.
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