Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:31:34 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-similar build-from-source Linux? Message-ID: <ibe3b5$6j6$1@dough.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <4CDA8F15.506@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4CDA8F15.506@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On 11/10/10 13:24, O. Hartmann wrote: > Hello out there, > > well, my question may sound heretic, but since we use mostly Linux based > systems in our scientific environment and FreeBSD seems to lack in > severe support in GPGPU/CUDA capable graphics boards I need to setup a > kind of Linux facility to ensure having the software and tools I need > for my work. I'm looking for a Linux distribution that is similar > handled like FreeBSD, where I'm able to rebuild the whole system from > sources, not even the the Linux kernel, also the GNU tools and the > packages. Maybe there are some people out here having already taken this > step. > Any suggestion is appreciated, I think that the general opinion is that Gentoo has the closest thing to that aspect of FreeBSD. Other than that, IIRC Slackware is also build-friendly.
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