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Date:      Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:24:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Arthur H. Johnson II" <arthur@tucows.com>
To:        "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com>
Cc:        "'mi@aldan.algebra.com'" <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: most FreeBSD-like Linux
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909101423460.309-100000@Arthur.Linuxberg>
In-Reply-To: <576A688A7DA7D011899B00805FEA1AFF8C729F@sych02.isdip.upmc.edu>

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I think they (caldera and redhat) are both closer to Windows than Unix.

Arthur H. Johnson II
http://www.linuxberg.com
Linuxberg Manager
arthur@tucows.com

On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Person, Roderick wrote:

> 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?
> > 
> > 
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