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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