Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:29:48 -0500 From: Dan Peck <peckdani@msu.edu> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1016790998.1dee4e@mired.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which Linux for a long-time FreeBSD user? Message-ID: <20020317102947.A41395@peckdani-2.user.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <15508.26709.552773.464882@guru.mired.org>; from mwm-dated-1016790998.1dee4e@mired.org on Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 03:56:37AM -0600 References: <15508.26709.552773.464882@guru.mired.org>
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I've never actually used either, but gentoo has it's own version of
ports ("portage"), and I believe for the most part is source based,
another one I've heard good things about would be Sourcerer, but as I
said, I've neither used either . . .
-Dan
On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 03:56:37AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> No, I'm not going to quit running FreeBSD. However, I want to use the
> Linux kernel module from the Gatos project. I may at some point try
> and port it into the FreeBSD kernel - especially if someone agrees to
> convert the Brooktree driver to provide the same API. However, for
> now, I'm going to run it under Linux.
>
> The question is - which one? Anyone have recommendations for the most
> BSD-like Linux distro? I'll need one that I can add the module to,
> etc.
>
> Thanx,
> <mike
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