Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 3rd Nov 2004 07:07 UTC
To paraphrase one of the best "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes, "Best of Both Worlds", both Arch Linux and Slackware represent the best of all the OS worlds: the power of traditional Unix, the elegance of BSD and the ease of mind of Mac OS X. This is an article outlining the differences between --what I believe-- are the two best Linux distros around today. Mind you though, "best" doesn't always mean "easy".
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Slack was a little better, but FreeBSD is a whole new realm. It's package managment is often copied, but is still the best, hands down.
Slackware and FreeBSD although from different OS feels alike concerning stability and configuration. But one thing I consider not to use FreeBSD as my server is lack of native Oracle. I know that we can use linux emulation, but I will never use production server based on emulation system. Eventhough some people claim it to be stable.
And because linux kernel and FreeBSD kernel is a tie in comparison (each has its own strength and weakness), I just have no enough reason to switch to FreeBSD.
Available native applications for any OS is important.