[techtalk] *nix comparisons?

[Robert Wade]

I've used both slack and  *BSD (Free, to be specific), I find both of them
very similar in the installation and the day to day usage of each. In
fact, the only reason I left slack for fbsd was so I could have the ports,
otherwise, I was as happy with slack as I am with FreeBSD.

On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Jeff Frasca wrote:

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> On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Alex Yan wrote:
> > If you want to learn how to be a system administrator, you want
> > to choose one of the *BSD's rather than Linux because you'll learn more
> > with them than with one of the pre-packaged and fairly broadly-used Linux
> > systems.
> 
> I would argue with that.  Slackware is a very raw system -- the only
> config tools included are the ones that come with the source code of the
> various packages (xf86config comes to mind).  So, if you want a little
> B&D style ``learn to admin *nix'' experience, install slack.  (don't get
> mad, I use slackware myself and love it).  The *BSD's are great for this
> too, don't get me wrong, but there are linux systems suited for it.  The
> *truly* hardcore can also put together their own linux system from
> scratch -- there's a howto floating around out there about it.
> 
> Also, Slack was packaged by Walnut Creek up until very recently -- I
> think Slackware was spun off when BSDI and Walnut Creek merged.  So, it
> has a more BSD feel to it than say, something like SuSE.  (I have to
> qualify that last statement though, I haven't personally run a *BSD
> (yet), but I would not be lost if given one to admin).
> 
> Jeff
> 
> My Geekcode has moved to my .plan file.
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> 
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