From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 1 23:42:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 572B71065672 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:42:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f186.google.com (mail-qy0-f186.google.com [209.85.221.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F90E8FC08 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:42:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: by qyk16 with SMTP id 16so1414786qyk.3 for ; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:42:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=d6SBuBeiagnaX6GlZxhVaOJm9Avj56dCBivxtkPT3zo=; b=b7ID/lKrSBURzLjjwvAheYol1tHJUmpU6OF/8zgVjRGcG67NeU5BYi1UNckdZP6ir0 f9Q4+Y54QA53q5m4IkH+KLHCN3jBnQFEk6sgLmtmoXGEHYbtVg6MtIgG6t0nGnSl/mqV I4HI6ciDgkWf5lkkRvsLk+Pm6+Tp8lvNUkUxc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=N1kXdpt1uDI9jizgX9qAMVBK7cQyFBmFiOWILSld0joLqKwd79LXdjSxRSMm8ZTERd 2naMmW1H76lekKJaaiPpMV1SB+5Ouraqnz/E41amte3WLnqXC37Wa0ZGRr2HHDBKcnlN gUacBNgWzptG1Q4NkgWa2F74IiseWZ88uL6Qw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.85.21 with SMTP id m21mr3575452qcl.9.1246490015950; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:13:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:13:32 -0500 Message-ID: <11167f520907011613p15b99cc8tf858704eaf1ec9a0@mail.gmail.com> From: "Sam Fourman Jr." To: Daniel Underwood Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: POLL: Linux preferences from FreeBSD users X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:42:37 -0000 On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > QUESTION: Of the various modern Linux distributions, which do you > prefer? and why? > > I'm very interested to see the spread of opinion about Linux > distributions from FreeBSD fans. of all the Linux distros I have tried, the least confusing is Gentoo Gentoo portage is "kinda" like FreeBSD ports they also have another project http://www.sabayonlinux.org/ that is Gentoo based, and I am hoping that one day PC-BSD will grow into what Sabayon now is, but FreeBSD based. in my Opinion, package management is the Big question that all os's have to deal with. things like debian's aptget do not handle upgrades very well. PC-BSD has a Great start on this with "PBI's" Sam Fourman Jr. Fourma Networks