From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 17 7:47: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8A2C37B404 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 07:47:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-119aekg.biz.mindspring.com ([66.149.58.144] helo=motil) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16mcsA-0000vm-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 07:47:02 -0800 Message-ID: <037701c1cdcb$1404d240$7b00a8c0@motil> From: "barazani" To: References: <15508.26709.552773.464882@guru.mired.org> Subject: Re: Which Linux for a long-time FreeBSD user? Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:47:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've recently had to build a firewall based on iptables ;-( i sent an email to a linux group and most of them recommended debian i have not played with it just yet but here's a snip from one email that got me curious . >>>> Debian of course > iptables > cyrus-imap > postfix > procmail > samba > dhcpd Do a base install and then... apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-386 apt-get install iptables apt-get install cyrus-imapd apt-get install postfix apt-get install procmail apt-get install samba apt-get install dhcp the apt-get option reminds me of the ports ..... i will be more than happy to hear your decision ( I'm a fan ...) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Meyer" To: Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 4:56 AM Subject: Which Linux for a long-time FreeBSD user? > Hello all, > > No, I'm not going to quit running FreeBSD. However, I want to use the > Linux kernel module from the Gatos project. I may at some point try > and port it into the FreeBSD kernel - especially if someone agrees to > convert the Brooktree driver to provide the same API. However, for > now, I'm going to run it under Linux. > > The question is - which one? Anyone have recommendations for the most > BSD-like Linux distro? I'll need one that I can add the module to, > etc. > > Thanx, > -- > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message