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Date:      Thu, 02 Oct 2003 10:55:57 -0700
From:      Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat
Message-ID:  <3F7C66AD.2070405@bigfoot.com>
In-Reply-To: <200310020637.39487.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.50.0310012040460.811-100000@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net> <200310021641.57828.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> <3F7BD017.3000409@bigfoot.com> <200310020637.39487.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com>

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Todd Stephens wrote:
> On Thursday 02 October 2003 03:13 am, Erik Steffl wrote:
> 
> 
>>    I just don't think that your fairly general statement about linux
>> distros pushing kitchen sink on you while freeBSD being more
>>traditional unix is true...
> 
> 
> I have tried RH, Mandrake, SuSE and Slackware Linux distros.  Sure, you 
> can uninstall things later, but the only one that really gave me a 
> choice of specific packages to install from the get-go was Slackware.

   Mandrake: I installed it few times about 6 months to 1 year ago and I 
remember playing with package selector for quite some time. DURING 
installation. It also let me choose which services to run (to start at 
boot).

   Debian: runs dselect during install so you can choose whatever you 
want (individual packages)

   I am not 100% sure about RH and know nothing about suse...

	erik




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