Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 07:30:54 -0400 From: Branson Matheson <branson@widomaker.com> To: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux -- one user's opinions Message-ID: <199607291130.HAA07053@garion.hq.ferg.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "26 Jul 1996 18:54:23 %2B0200." <87687bx8e8.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl>
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> That depends. You can run Linux with a BSD feeling to o, since
> there is not 1 distribution. For example, most distributions c ome
> with a SYSV init and all these horrible /etc/rc?.d directories. B
> ut the standard linux-utils package has a BSD like init and a simple
> /etc/rc and /etc/rc.local sample file.
Horrible???!?
Those particular scripts are one of the only things that I really
like about sys V ( there is others ), but the ability to gracefully
shutdown certain applications like database engines and cache
programs is a wonderful ability. I also like the ease of being able
to start, stop or restart any program in a sysV machine by going into
/etc/rc.d and typing {program} stop, start or restart.
I have often contemplated replacing the current setup with somthing a
little more useful... like an /etc/rc.* set of directories that still
used the /etc/sysconfig to start the system.
-branson
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