Not to mention it has to be one of the easist to maintain ..portage makes things damn easy to manage , especially the dependancy checking etc etc
Cheers Dale. uoting Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. > >
