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To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
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From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:33:37 +0400
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Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: new default linux base port
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:59:50 +0200 Alexander Leidinger wrote:

> We now use Fedora Core 4 as the linux base port,  

Since it is already happened maybe it's worth mentioning (see the
patch for proposal) at the Handbook:

Index: chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.131
diff -u -r1.131 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml	30 May 2006 23:08:24 -0000	1.131
+++ chapter.sgml	16 Jun 2006 16:23:48 -0000
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@
 	  corresponding to different versions of various Linux distributions.
 	  You should install the port most closely resembling the
 	  requirements of the Linux applications you would like to
-	  install.</para></note>
+	  install. Current default port is <filename
+	  role="package">emulators/linux_base-fc4</filename>. This port
+	  is recommended and actively maintained by the FreeBSD team.
+	</para></note>
 
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