Re: giving up, please help me choose a linux distro
From: toby (toby_at_telegraphics.com.au)
Date: 11/09/05
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Date: 8 Nov 2005 17:02:09 -0800
Matt van de Werken wrote:
> messiahandrw@gmail.com wrote:
> >>Hi, I run all *BSD machines and lately there has been a whole bunch of
> >>software that I need or want to use, but I just can't because it only
> >>works on linux =(. For example, I want to set up "the future
> >>technology of network filesystems", afs, but it only works on linux and
> >>solaris(grrrhh!!!!!!!). The way I do things now when I need certain
> >>network services installed on my network servers, I try on OpenBSD first,
> >>if it isn't supported, I then try FreeBSD, but a bunch of software has
> >>been found to not be supported on FreeBSD also, so I just want to install
> >>one linux box for those emergency situations. I am going to keep my BSD boxes, but if you guys had to
> >>use linux, could you please recommend the most BSDish linux to use, in
> >>other words, without all the bloat and extra trash(no offence to linux ppl). I was running a few
> >>linux boxes a few years ago and slackware seemed to be most BSDish at the
> >>time, but there was still too much juk installed. Also when I say most BSDish, I also mean easy to configure. When I
> >>had linux boxes, I had about a hundred rc files in my /etc folder. If I
> >>wanted to shut off some services,I had to go on a manhunt to find the
> >>correct config file. Also, I know I can build my own distro or whatever
> >>myself, but I would just like a nice distro I can use that is kept in a
> >>nice package but without the BS(aka Mandrake or Redhat). Thanks for your
> >>future input.
> >>Carl
> >
> >
> >>From my experiance, I would go with Gentoo. I've played around at lot,
> > for a newbie I would of said Mandrake, but you didn't want all the crap
> > that came with it, and from the sound of it you sound like you know
> > what your on about, that is why I picked Gentoo. If you want to know
> > how a Linux distro works, then try Linux from Scratch, but for a quick
> > & dirty Linux system that compiles on your system, and easily
> > configurable (not default install paths or required packages), I would
> > go with Gentoo. Definately.
> >
> > Anyone else have their opinions?!?
> >
>
> Slackware is the most BSD-like of the Linux distro's, if that's what the
> OP is after. Although, I changed from slackware to gentoo, quite happily.
Another vote for Gentoo here (ex-Debian user and BSD fan myself).
Certainly makes any flavour of RedHat technically obsolete.
>
> Cheers,
> mvdw
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