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On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Alex Yan wrote:
> If you want to learn how to be a system administrator, you want
> to choose one of the *BSD's rather than Linux because you'll learn more
> with them than with one of the pre-packaged and fairly broadly-used Linux
> systems.
I would argue with that. Slackware is a very raw system -- the only
config tools included are the ones that come with the source code of the
various packages (xf86config comes to mind). So, if you want a little
B&D style ``learn to admin *nix'' experience, install slack. (don't get
mad, I use slackware myself and love it). The *BSD's are great for this
too, don't get me wrong, but there are linux systems suited for it. The
*truly* hardcore can also put together their own linux system from
scratch -- there's a howto floating around out there about it.
Also, Slack was packaged by Walnut Creek up until very recently -- I
think Slackware was spun off when BSDI and Walnut Creek merged. So, it
has a more BSD feel to it than say, something like SuSE. (I have to
qualify that last statement though, I haven't personally run a *BSD
(yet), but I would not be lost if given one to admin).
Jeff
My Geekcode has moved to my .plan file.
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My Public Key -- http://24.5.73.229/pubkey.txt
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