On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 14:01, Dave Lilley wrote: > thanks for the comments. > > I was interested in it as a workstation OS as i'm running mandrake 8.2 > and i've had the dickens of a time to get the updater to work. > > hense i thought of OpenBSD as it's a good secure system (from what i'd > read). > > thanks. > > dave. > > ps my be i'll look at Debian.
I have been most impressed with Gentoo Linux, which is a kind of cross between Linux and the *BSDs. They have essentially borrowed some of the better ideas behind the *BSD Ports system while retaining the Linux kernel etc. This allows _you_ to control the whole updating bit. They, Gentoo Central -- for want of a better name -- control the ports tree with extreme rigour, but do keep it up to date really pretty well, with _working_ programs too what's more. If you want to cut yourself on the bleeding edge then you can too. They now offer pre-compiled binaries. Certainly, Gentoo offers, in my experience, an infinitely superior method of package management than either of the commonplace alternatives. Definitely a much less risky way of doing things than trusting that some anonymous pfy has got everything correct when he built an rpm file. -- C. S.
