Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:24:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "Arthur H. Johnson II" <arthur@tucows.com> To: "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: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909101423460.309-100000@Arthur.Linuxberg> In-Reply-To: <576A688A7DA7D011899B00805FEA1AFF8C729F@sych02.isdip.upmc.edu>
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I think they (caldera and redhat) are both closer to Windows than Unix. Arthur H. Johnson II http://www.linuxberg.com Linuxberg Manager arthur@tucows.com 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. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mikhail Teterin [SMTP:mi@aldan.algebra.com] > > Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 2:07 PM > > To: questions@freebsd.org; alpha@freebsd.org > > Subject: most FreeBSD-like Linux > > > > Hi! Being forced into a Linux land by FreeBSD's inability to run on my > > AlphaXL 300, I need to choose a Linux distribution. I'm not asking > > "which is the best one", but "which is the most FreeBSD-like"? I put the > > Debian on so far, and it seems nice, but different from FreeBSD... > > > > Thanks for your input, > > > > -mi > > > > P.S. Why can't boot/loader or kernel be booted from MILO? > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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