[CLUE-Talk] Truth stranger than fiction

[Brandon N]

package management is very similiar, although slackware doesn't use
prerequisites or patches (I don't think any linux distro's use patches)
 
perhaps it feels more like Solaris because most system administration
is done with configuration files, rather than a GUI.


--- Lynn Danielson <lynn.danielson at clue.denver.co.us> wrote:
> 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
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