Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Please recommend a simple open source Unix
	for arch
From: Gergely Nagy <algernon@bonehunter.rulez.org>
To: Andrew Wilcox <andrew-618963079@andrew.wilcox.name>
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Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:59:51 +0100
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> As I write this, I imagine someone is going to say, "but you can 'tar
> configure make' on Debian too", and that's true.  But why carry around
> that bloat (helpful or not) if I'm not using it?  Frankly, I find
> having extra stuff around makes tracking down problems harder, because
> it multiplies the possibilities of what could have gone wrong.
> 
> I think I remember Tom saying sometime that he liked FreeBSD.  Or was
> it OpenBSD?  Anyway, that's what I'm looking for, a suggestion for a
> simple, modular open source Unix to run arch on.

I'd recommend one of the BSDs (NetBSD or FreeBSD, in this order, but
this is only my personal preference), or Slackware. Or a Linux you set
up from scratch =)

-- 
Gergely Nagy


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