Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 17:30:20 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: vayu <vayu@sklinks.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Linux distro with ports/package type system? Message-ID: <ef10de9a0605151530m5c9233a6v3451091c338fcca9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <DCF87AC5-A440-41B8-8101-520AA8033586@sklinks.com> References: <ef10de9a0605150215h55131ac8id8c04db51b720558@mail.gmail.com> <DCF87AC5-A440-41B8-8101-520AA8033586@sklinks.com>
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On 5/15/06, vayu <vayu@sklinks.com> wrote: > > On May 15, 2006, at 2:15 AM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > > > I have an older 440MX based laptop that I'm fairly sure FreeBSD won't > > like, I don't want to run windows on this box... so I'm looking for a > > Linux distro that has a ports like system. > > > > I need KDE, X.org, and a 2.6 kernel installed by default... dammit... > > I don't want to #$%! with Linux, maybe I'll give FreeBSD another try > > first, anyways, thanks for the suggestions guys. > > > > > > > I've heard that Gentoo's package management system "Portage" is > inspired by FreeBSDs ports, but I believe it's a bit of work to > install and compile a working system. > > I've been using Debian based Kubuntu on my laptop, and find the > package management excellent. The installation and maintenance is > easy. It's my choice when I want to install and go. > > Thanks, I didn't know Kubuntu / Ubuntu was Debian based. I like Debian but the distribution always seems to be stuck in last year, It's still using a 2.4 kernel, XFree86, and KDE 3.3! Anyways, Kubuntu 6.06 Beta2 appears to meet most of my requirements so I'll give it a whirl. --=20 BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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