From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Sep 10 11:14:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from 1upmc-msx4.isdip.upmc.edu (1upmc-msx4.isdbu.upmc.edu [128.147.18.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 770FF14CC1; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:14:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from personrp@ccbh.com) Received: by 1upmc-msx4.isdbu.upmc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:14:09 -0400 Message-ID: <576A688A7DA7D011899B00805FEA1AFF8C729F@sych02.isdip.upmc.edu> From: "Person, Roderick" To: "'mi@aldan.algebra.com'" , questions@freebsd.org, alpha@freebsd.org Subject: RE: most FreeBSD-like Linux Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:14:12 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Slackware tried to be the most 'UNIX like' of the linux distros. I would say it file structure layout is the closest you come to a FreeBSD like system. I used Debian. I'm not sure it Slackware has a Alpha version. Redhat and Caldera are the furthest for FreeBSD, IMHO. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mikhail Teterin [SMTP:mi@aldan.algebra.com] > Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 2:07 PM > To: questions@freebsd.org; alpha@freebsd.org > Subject: most FreeBSD-like Linux > > Hi! Being forced into a Linux land by FreeBSD's inability to run on my > AlphaXL 300, I need to choose a Linux distribution. I'm not asking > "which is the best one", but "which is the most FreeBSD-like"? I put the > Debian on so far, and it seems nice, but different from FreeBSD... > > Thanks for your input, > > -mi > > P.S. Why can't boot/loader or kernel be booted from MILO? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message