Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 17:14:22 +0100 From: "Ramiro Aceves" <ea1abz@wanadoo.es> To: <v.demartino2@virgilio.it>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Just installed FreeBSD Message-ID: <007a01c52330$b95c1830$10cf589d@simula.eis.uva.es> References: <420008E50005EBD6@ims3e.cp.tin.it>
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>I would add the BSD-like linux gentoo to the list, perhaps before debian: >it has a complete repository of packages and above all, what I found more >appealing with respect to debian, a wonderful managemente of ports allowing >you to compile your own system from scratch just like the ports of FreeBSD. >Ciao >Vittorio Yes, I agree with you Vittorio, the Gentoo Linux OS is very good. I have tested it and the portage tree is similar to FreeBSD ports, endeed it is inspired in the FreeBSD ports (the FreeBSD ports collection is a marvellous thing). But I do not want to start learning another OS ;-). Debian works extremely well with binary packages, and deals very well with dependencies, but even let you compile the packages if you need it. Debian is definitely a *binary* distro, very good if you do not want to wait for long compilations and your machine is not a high speed one. All of them are good OSes and I like their phylosophy. It depends on what you want to use them for. Ramiro. PS: Now I am writing this e-mail at the University in a horrible Winbugs XP computer ;-/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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