[CLUE-Talk] Truth stranger than fiction

Lynn Danielson lynn.danielson at clue.denver.co.us
Tue May 1 06:42:44 MDT 2001


Jonathan Mowers wrote:
> 
>         The most Unix like distro out is Slackware, having developed on
> Sol7 and then Sol8 Slackware is to closest there is to being solaris. And
> yes Solaris does run on Intel, unfortunately it is very (i.e. extremely)
> picky about the hardware compatibility. Dell does sell boxen garaunteed
> (sp?) to run Solaris.

On what criteria do you base this statement?  I'd say that Slackware is
the most BSD or SunOS like Linux.  I'd base this primarily on the way run
levels are setup.  What things do you see in Slackware that are Solaris
like?

Lynn Danielson



More information about the clue-talk mailing list