Re: [edlug] Looking for a new Distro

[Ross McLachlan <rossmclachlan@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

I'm using a mixture of Debian and Gentoo here (also obsd + fbsd), Gentoo
on faster boxes and Debian on lower ones. All minimalist installs,
Debian floppy net install doesn't take too long (<dialup here too) and
there's almost always the trusty apt-get install blah. I know someone
who runs FreeBSD on desktop but admits it requires a bit more work..

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ross
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On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 21:02, Matthew Slane wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been using Gentoo for the past few years, and as much as I like it, 
> I am becoming tired of compiling everying from source.  Additionally the 
> quality of the distro seems to be massively declining.  I understand 
> there are efforts to rectify this, but until I get a faster machine, its 
> time for a new distro.
> 
> I like minimlilst stuff, I detest redhat/mandrake etc. with a passion, 
> so I'm looking for something small and sleek that I can add what I need 
> and not what deadrat thinks I need.  Currently I'm looking at Vector 
> (Slackware based so should be good) and Arch linux.  Only having dial-up 
> I want to be careful which I go for.  Does anyone have any experience 
> with these or can they recomend anything else?  (I'm going to give 
> FreeBSD a try, but thats another story on ufs partition.  Is Edlug open 
> to *BSD users?)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Matt
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