I remember when Red Hat Linux was a free Operating System :) but we shall say no more :) FreeBSD still has the linux compatibility layer? i had the impression it was phased out at some point or not really spoken about for some time? I go check about Ports on FreeBSD Viktor On Wed, 8 Apr 2020, Polytropon wrote: > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 20:25:49 +0200 > From: Polytropon > To: Viktor Madarasz > Cc: Evilham , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Question (fwd) > > On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 18:10:59 +0000 (UTC), Viktor Madarasz wrote: >> Well the only thing it reminds me is the system slackware used called >> Slackbuilds.. seems remotely similar.. > > Yes, there is (was?) something comparable over in Linux land. > If I remember correctly, Gentoo also supported a more or less > standardized infrastructure to obtain sources from a repository > and build applications from it, instead of manually downloading > tar-balls, extracting them, "./configure && make && make install", > or, today's fashion, "curl myapp.example.com | sudo bash". Wait, > today git must always be involved... :-) > > By the way, Slackware was my introduction to Linux on the PC. > I still have the 2 CD jewel case and the magazine. > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > viktormadarasz@sdf.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"