Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:33:28 -0800 From: Matt Olander <matt@offmyserver.com> To: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com>, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reply to V. Velox & questions about ``evangelism'' Message-ID: <20040116173328.I91963@knight.ixsystems.net> In-Reply-To: <20040117000153.GA39482@pasternak.w.lub.pl>; from michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl on Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 01:01:54AM %2B0100 References: <008001c3dc8a$624914a0$60d0fea9@workstation> <4008807B.5090105@sitetronics.com> <20040116162613.G91963@knight.ixsystems.net> <20040117000153.GA39482@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
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On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 01:01:54AM +0100, Michal Pasternak wrote: > ... Gentoo Linux > ... pkgsrc > ... propably some more build systems I haven't heard of. > > >From Gentoo Linux user's perspective, Portage build system will be better, > than FreeBSD Ports, just because s/he will be able to rebuild whole system, > not only 3rd-part apps using single interface. good point. I've never tried it myself, but I've heard it's fairly cool if you're going to use linux. they don't anywhere near 10,000 ports though do they? does it actually compile from source? cheers, -matt > Other your points are very important, there aren't many opensource operating > systems, which provide such things. yeah, let's come up with some more. -- Matt Olander (408)943-4100 Phone (408)943-4101 Fax www.offmyserver.com -- "Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't" -Mark Twain
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