Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:32:50 -0400 From: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com> To: "'mgraffam@idsi.net'" <mgraffam@idsi.net>, "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com> Cc: "'mi@aldan.algebra.com'" <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: most FreeBSD-like Linux Message-ID: <576A688A7DA7D011899B00805FEA1AFF8C72A2@sych02.isdip.upmc.edu>
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Well if you gotta scratch slack, I'd go with Debian. Redhat's makes thier own layout that is different from where the documentation tell's you to look for things. I used Debian for two years, and I have been using FreeBSD exclusivly for the last two months and except for different device names and file placement the layout is similar. For example in Debian the only things that go in /local or file you purposely put there every thing else is put into /usr/bin or /usr/X11R6/bin. > -----Original Message----- > From: mgraffam@idsi.net [SMTP:mgraffam@idsi.net] > Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 2:20 PM > To: Person, Roderick > Cc: 'mi@aldan.algebra.com'; questions@FreeBSD.ORG; alpha@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: most FreeBSD-like Linux > > On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Person, Roderick wrote: > > > Slackware tried to be the most 'UNIX like' of the linux distros. I would > say > > it file structure layout is the closest you come to a FreeBSD like > system. I > > used Debian. I'm not sure it Slackware has a Alpha version. Redhat and > > Caldera are the furthest for FreeBSD, IMHO. > > Yeah, on x86, Slack is probably the way to go if you're looking for > something like BSD.. but there is no Alpha distro of Slackware.. that > leaves Debian, Redhat, and Suse.. all of which have a filesystem layout > that is pretty dissimilar from BSD. > > As far a 'feel' goes, I'd scratch Suse.. and say that it is a toss up > between Debian and RH. > > Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@idsi.net) > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin, ~1784 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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