From: Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Looking for a pre-compiled Linux distribution
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 22:01:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5A17452B.6020302@youngman.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ov74vb$sps$1@blaine.gmane.org>
On 23/11/17 18:45, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 23/11/17 19:11, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd like to recommend a Linux distribution to someone who needs an as
>> simple Linux distribution as possible.
>> Since I am going to help that person from time to time, it should be
>> as similar as possible to Gentoo.
>>
>> Which distribution would you recommend.
>
> Arch Linux is similar. Just imagine you have "emerge", except there's
> only binary packages. When you install it initially, you're left on the
> command line with nothing installed except base packages, much like Gentoo.
>
How close is Slackware to that description?
If you want a minimal distro that has everything you could want, but is
easy to install and maintain, Slackware probably fits the bill (a Slack
live CD is my preferred tool in my toolkit for recovering broken systems :-)
Cheers,
Wol
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-23 22:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-23 17:11 [gentoo-user] Looking for a pre-compiled Linux distribution Helmut Jarausch
2017-11-23 17:22 ` Taiidan
2017-11-23 18:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2017-11-23 18:48 ` Arve Barsnes
2017-11-23 22:01 ` Wols Lists [this message]
2017-11-24 1:47 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2017-11-24 2:27 ` JingYuan Chen
2017-11-24 2:34 ` Jack
2017-11-24 2:31 ` Ian Zimmerman
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