Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 17:16:18 -0500 From: Edward Ing <edward.ing@utoronto.ca> To: debian@debian.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org, chat@freebsd.org Subject: I like what Debian is trying to do with Linux you are doing. Message-ID: <3294D4B2.4F40@utoronto.ca>
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I am a FreeBSD user and I like the fact that FreeBSD has a common distribution, and that this distribution has a relatively straight forward installation process. Secondly, I like the way FreeBSD has organized the software packages and the package installation/uninstallation tools, and organized the auxillary software into a ports collection with a set of "make" skeletons (which even ftp to get the required sources.) The organzation of your distribution is reaching an equally well thought-out state. The FreeBSD distribution process, and its development/research structure can serve as a good model for Linux development to improve your distribution. My concerned for Linux (Slackeware linux was actually the first free UNIX which I started with) is that the many variants are leading it to the way of the BSD-SystemV-AIX-HP-UX-you-name-it schism. I really appreciate what Debian is trying to do for the free-UNIX world and hope that it will not be too stubborn, but use the FreeBSD distribution and development structure as a model and integrate it into the advantageous aspects of Debians existing package managment system. I will probably be installing a Debian system sometime, but I am waiting for a neat realease. Edward Ing
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