Re: [PLUG] Re: Distro suggestion?

[Tobias DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net>]

On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 10:37, Rob Carlson wrote:
> Slackware.

Try: "Gentoo".

> You don't have the X-GUI for install (it's straight ncurses), but it 
> allows you the most flexiblity to tailor your system the way _you_ 
> want.   Because the slackware packages are just tarballs with scripts, 
> you don't have to worry about an RPM database when you decide to compile 
> something on your own.

Also no X-based install but is just as (if not more) flexible than
Slackware and generates much faster code, since the system is compiled
by you and tailored to your hardware. You can also make binary packages
a la BSD/Debian for installation onto many machines. Also, no problems
with RPM, either.

> I went through 6 distros in about 4 months 3 years ago.  I finally 
> loaded a Slackware snapshot and there I've stayed.    Slack is good for 
> what it doesn't do-- i.e. assume what settings you need, and what 
> programs and services you need running by default.  And if you want to 
> run it as a server, it's rock solid and simple (unless you want PAM, and 
> that's doable).  It's also the most BSD-like of the linuxes (no SysV 
> stuff, i.e. run levels unless you put them there).

Being more BSD-like is not necessarily a boon. Run levels are a way of
life, just as rc.[boot|shutdown] is for BSD. Neither is better than the
other; they're just different. As well, Gentoo is rock solid and doesn't
have any problems with PAM. Gentoo is what Slackware wishes it was.

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Tobias DiPasquale, www.cbcg.net
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