From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jul 14 15:30: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ftf.dk (mail.ftf.net [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2AC61554F for ; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 15:29:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@ftf.net) Received: from ns.int.ftf.net (fw2.ftf.dk [192.168.1.2] (may be forged)) by mail.ftf.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3/gw-ftf-1.2) with ESMTP id AAA20421; Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:29:44 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.ftf.dk: Host fw2.ftf.dk [192.168.1.2] (may be forged) claimed to be ns.int.ftf.net Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by ns.int.ftf.net (8.9.2/8.9.3) id AAA21225; Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:44:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19990715004400.46241@ns.int.ftf.net> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:44:00 +0200 From: Phil Regnauld To: Brett Glass Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT vs Linux vs FreeBSD References: <4.2.0.58.19990713223011.044ee920@localhost> <4.2.0.58.19990714142422.0455d7e0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990714142422.0455d7e0@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 02:26:48PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386 Organization: FTFnet Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [can people PLEASE trim the Cc: ??] Brett Glass writes: > > That's not what makes a different distribution. As with Linux, the kernel and > even the userland environment can be identical! All that's needed to distinguish > a distribution is a different set (or subset) of utilities, a different setup > program, different bundled application programs, and/or a different default > configuration. No, to differentiate two distributions, you have to compare what each defines to be the base set. FreeBSD has a base tree, it's called src+doc(+ports). So you would have to compare both dists -- same base set == same distribution. Or are you trying to give a new meaning to the word distribution ? (as in "version") To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message