Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:00:05 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT vs Linux vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990714165754.04555c40@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990715004400.46241@ns.int.ftf.net> References: <4.2.0.58.19990714142422.0455d7e0@localhost> <4.2.0.58.19990713223011.044ee920@localhost> <Pine.NEB.3.96.990713234618.95939A-100000@shell-2.enteract. com> <4.2.0.58.19990714142422.0455d7e0@localhost>
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At 12:44 AM 7/15/99 +0200, Phil Regnauld wrote: > 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. I see that we disagree here. What if there were additional programs added -- say, a different setup program? Or a different window manager? What if there different default settings, or different programs were installed by default? What if the installation options were different? There are many ways to distinguish a distribution. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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