Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 04:00:24 -0700 From: Timothy Beyer <beyert@cs.ucr.edu> To: Ross Kendall Axe <ross@axe.homelinux.net> Cc: Timothy Beyer <beyert@cs.ucr.edu>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDLinux OS Message-ID: <87pss8zxdj.wl%beyert@cs.ucr.edu> In-Reply-To: <43070829.1090204@axe.homelinux.net> References: <ef10de9a0508200102148196e0@mail.gmail.com> <4306EAB7.4090001@skyforge.net> <87r7cozzqo.wl%beyert@cs.ucr.edu> <43070829.1090204@axe.homelinux.net>
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At Sat, 20 Aug 2005 11:38:33 +0100, Ross Kendall Axe wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Timothy Beyer wrote: > > > Actually I have followed tutorials for setting up pkgsrc on Slackware > > in the past and I was quite happy with the system. (trust me, you'd > > have to be insane to use Slackware's package system, it really is that > > bad) > > > > --Tim > > I guess I must be insane then. Seriously, there's nothing terribly > wrong with Slackware's package system. It's simple and reliable, which > is more than can be said for many of the competitors. > Take that comment of mine worth a grain of salt, since I can't say that I've had a lot of experience using Slackware's packages. I just remember when I used to use Slackware it was hard to get some packages working if they came from third parties and required a lot of libraries. Granted, the situation may have changed since then, (or maybe I just wasn't proficient at using the package system) and I don't use Linux often these days, so I can't really say much about that. I will say that I was quite pleased with pkgsrc on Slackware, though. Especially with it's BSD-ish init system. --Tim
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