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Member since:2005-07-08
Arch isn't the only Linux distribution that provides (what I interpret as your definition of) a clean separation between base OS and platform. Most will give you a choice of desktop platforms, and some boot for the first time in text-mode. Slackware and Rubix divide their packages into broad categories separating the base from the rest. Gentoo divides packages into a sort of two-tiered organization and provides a base package group. Even the big RPM distributions make it easy to install just a base operating system.
However, as a FreeBSD user, I would suggest you check out Arch. It is definitely the most FreeBSD-like of the Linux distributions.
Member since:Perhaps I should explain more. Freebsd is considered the os. It is completly seperate from anything third party. You can run the same OS with out upgrades while upgrading third party packages (ports) daily. This way I get the latest version's of the software I use. My base OS does not change at all. Ports also all go in /usr/local/* while the base os goes in the normal locations.
Gentoo is I remember correctly sorta has the seperation I'm talking about. But emerge world still upgrades everthing, even base. And they still treat everthing like a whole instead of seperating out os/non os
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Sweet, I'll have to check that out.
Thank you