Le lun 20/05/2002 � 01:03, Adam Heath a �crit : > Debian is an OS. Debian doens't own/maintain the programs that made the os, it "only" (sorry for that term) package them together, so it's called a distribution
> When I install Debian(be it Linux/alpha, Linux/s390, FreeBSD/arm), I want to > know it functions like Debian, with all of it's filesystem layouts and > interface programs. > > If Debian Linux/alpha, Debian FreeBSD/arm, and Debian hurd-i386 are all > different, then what is the point of Debian? i'm sorry, but that's just stupid they are all different, and all have specificities you are also amalgaming ports and os what a user installing a Debian GNU/linux, Debian GNU/Hurd,or Debian *BSD, want to see is not only a Debian distribution, (ie: common tools to administate it, common policy on where the files belongs) but he also want to use a different os, (or what would be the interrest to have different os then...), and they are some specificities that can't be avoided like the Hurd is built upon the translator concept, *BSDs don't use glibc... and in fact these specificities don't even affect the whole Debian coherency despite what you are saying not either having many editors/mail daemon/... affect the coherency of the distribution cheers, -- Dam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
