[modular-debian] Re: Anyone tried NetBSD yet?

  • From: Richard <richard.holt@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: modular-debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 12:57:27 -0430

I remain an Xfce user.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Richard <richard.holt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Only been using it a few weeks, but haven't touched an rpm thanks to
> Synaptic and apt-get. :)  Which is great since my experience with rpms
> ended when Mandrake-10.3 bricked my new CD-ROM drive,
> and led me to Debian. I resisted even looking at PCLinuxOS because of the
> rpms and grub-legacy.
>
> There are always things to learn. BTW, thanks for your IceWM tutorials
> from about 10 years ago.
>
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Steve Litt <slitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Nice!
>>
>> No systemd *and* grub1! Being an offshoot of Mandrake (which itself is
>> an offshoot of Red Hat), I had just assumed PCLinuxOS would be systemd.
>> This is great news and I'll try it soon. Thanks!
>>
>> LOL, I guess I'll have to get my RPM chops back up to snuff :-)
>>
>> SteveT
>>
>> Steve Litt                *  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
>> Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 10:25:37 -0430
>> Richard <richard.holt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm learning and enjoying PCLinuxOS.
>> > Still uses rpm but managed with apt-get and Synaptic.
>> > Also stayed with Grub-1 Legacy.
>> >
>> > And no systemd planned.
>> >
>> > Perhaps it is just for those who resist change,
>> > but it works well, is up-to-date and stable.
>> > So far not missing anything from Debian.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Steve Litt
>> > <slitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi all,
>> > >
>> > > Has anyone tried NetBSD yet?
>> > >
>> > > I'm looking for an OS similar to OpenBSD (or Wheezy), but with
>> > > unbuggy, hardware enabled virtual machines. And it goes without
>> > > saying, without systemd :-)
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >
>> > > SteveT
>> > >
>> > > Steve Litt                *  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
>> > > Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> PCLinuxOS, MX-Linux
>



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