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Date:      Thu, 14 Sep 2000 17:16:34 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Which linuxdist is closest to FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <14785.20034.605461.346474@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <133525788@toto.iv>

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Micke Josefsson writes:
> I have never used Linux but sometimes people approach me and ask which linuxdist
> is best. If I should recommend them linux - I do not, but some people seem have
> their minds 'penguin-locked' -  which dist would be easiest for me to comprehend
> should they have further questions (about setting it up etc)?
> 
> This is not a troll! I'm a very happy FreeBSD user since 2.1.7. Wouldn't touch
> linux with a 10 foot pole, but apparently some other people are willing to...

Well, if they're going to come to you asking for help, tell them
FreeBSD, and then make sure they get it installed with the Linux
compatability stuff turned on. It'll run Linux binaries. Is there
anything else they all have in common except the kernel?

I've seen Windows users do well with Mandrake; it seems to treat users
like Windows does, trying to give them everything set up the way the
authors want it, and a PITA to change.

	<mike



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