Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:40:25 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Raistlin Majere <raistlin@e-raist.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re:Which Linux for a long-time FreeBSD user? Message-ID: <20020319004025.879EEBA05@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <3C93D0AB.6C3618F7@e-raist.com> References: <3C93D0AB.6C3618F7@e-raist.com>
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On Saturday 16 March 2002 06:09 pm, Raistlin Majere wrote:
I would say that Mandrake and RedHat are, however, about as UNlike FreeBSD as
you can get. Slackware's the most similar I've used, but I've not used
Debian and others.
Of course, nothing's as good as the Real Thing.
| Mike,
|
| I've ran a few version of linux and found I get along with redhat. I
| would recommend downloading and installing 7.2 (running a 2.4 kernel)
| (lastest version available from www.redhat.com). The kernel and modules
| are typically stored in /usr/src/linux, which should help in your work.
| Redhat is quite versatile and functional, and makes a decent desktop OS.
|
| Debian is another flavor I would recommend as by default its more
| secure than redhat. I haven't done much with linux for awhile though,
| so I'm unfamiliar with what its like these days.
|
| Good luck!
|
| Raistlin Alexander Majere
|
|
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