Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:46:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Lanny Baron <lnb@freedom.cybertouch.org>, cjclark@home.com, Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net>, ulairi@jps.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT vs Linux vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907141444110.764-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990714142755.04765a40@localhost>
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> At 12:28 PM 7/14/99 -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > >But it's still FreeBSD. Regardless of whether you buy the WC 4 disk set > >or the CheapBytes 1 disk set, you get the same kernel, the same configuration > >files, the same libraries, the same operating system. > > By that definition, Red Hat and Caldera would be the same distribution. You don't get the same programs, libraries or configuration files at all. For instance Caldera includes KDE, Qt, a Qt based installer and IIRC system configuration tool Caldera also has different tools for package management. RedHat does not; RedHat is also available for non x86 platforms. Hmm. Brett, your point wasn't valid, please don't start another useless flame war over something so unimportant. - alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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