Hi, Slackware! It is Linux in BSD-Style. So you have the benefit that commercial software will run without emulation if you need to. Installation is easy and the default configuration is very reasonably.
Regards Stefan Kell On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Damon McMahon wrote: > Greetings, > > Please accept my apologies in advance for the off-topic post. > > OpenBSD has satisfied all of my FOSS needs up to now, but > unfortunately I need to set up a workstation running both OpenOffice > and WINE, neither of which (from what I understand) have stable > OpenBSD ports. > > Of the "similar" FOSS operating systems for which ports of these > applications are available, I believe FreeBSD is the closest to > OpenBSD in how to install, administer and maintain the operating > system, but I believe Slackware Linux also uses the BSD style of > configuration and file system hierarchy. > > What would people recommend for someone familiar with OpenBSD and > wanting the minimum of fuss to get OpenOffice and WINE up and running? > > Many thanks in advance, > Damon
