Subj : Guide to Linux distros
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Deuce
Date : Sun Jun 19 2005 02:29 pm

  Re: Guide to Linux distros
  By: Angus Mcleod to All on Sun Jun 19 2005 09:48:00

 > This looks interesting...
 > 
 >      http://www.tipmonkies.com/2005/06/16/linux-distros/
 > 
 > Minor error on Slackware (*not* based on BSD, just designed to be as
 > UNIXish as possible WRT filesystem layout, etc...)

It's designed to be as BSD-unixish though... as opposed to the SysV layout most
Linux distros use.  Also, Slackware tends to have more of the BSD utilities
rather than the GNU ones.  But it's only slightly more accurate than saying
that Red Hat is based on SysV.

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