Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:42:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: mgraffam@idsi.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: most FreeBSD-like Linux Message-ID: <199909101842.OAA16728@misha.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9909101403240.6080-100000@albert.critical.net> from "mgraffam@idsi.net" at "Sep 10, 1999 02:15:28 pm"
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mgraffam@idsi.net once wrote: > > 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... > Well, it depends on what you mean by "FreeBSD-like".. are we talking > system layout, bundled apps, configurabilty, .. ?? It is the layout and configurabilty. > If you want a large number of bundled, free apps, Debian is the way to > go. If you're looking for commercial support, then look at RH.. you > can always compile the free apps yourself. I doubt, those commercial companies who support a particular dist of Linux support Alpha anyway. XiG does not -- as I found out yesterday, for example. I can probably survive any dist, I just don't want to be annoyed too much by it being different from FreeBSD. Thanks! -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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